They search out injustice, saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.” For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,
Then the high officials and the satraps sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom, but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, and no error or fault was found in him. Then these men said, “We shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God.”
For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
So Pilate went outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” They answered him, “If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you.”
Ah, you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.
And Nabal answered David's servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters.
And David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Behold, David seeks your harm’?
Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names.
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub,
The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God.”
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