who plan ways to harm me. ¹  All day long they stir up conflict. ² 

A person who has a quick temper ¹  does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes ²  is hated. ³ 

There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against ¹  the Lord. ² 

A foolish scheme ¹  is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to people. ² 

ש (Sin/Shin) You have heard ¹  their taunts, O Lord, all their plots against me.

But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate ¹  him.

Then the Pharisees ¹  went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words. ² 

So from that day they planned together to kill him.

to do as much as your power ¹  and your plan ²  had decided beforehand ³  would happen.

For though we live ¹  as human beings, ²  we do not wage war according to human standards, ³ 

But as it is, ¹  you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

Then David said, “O Lord God of Israel, your servant has clearly heard that Saul is planning ¹  to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me.

Uriah the priest built an altar in conformity to the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. ¹  Uriah the priest finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus. ² 

You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool – but you did not trust in ¹  the one who made it; ²  you did not depend on ³  the one who formed it long ago!

For a fool speaks disgraceful things; ¹  his mind plans out sinful deeds. ²  He commits godless deeds ³  and says misleading things about the Lord; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite ⁴  and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. ⁵ 

The Lord says, ¹  “Flee quickly, you who live in Hazor. ²  Take up refuge in remote places. ³  For King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has laid out plans to attack you. He has formed his strategy on how to defeat you.” ⁴ 

ח (Khet) The Lord was determined to tear down Daughter Zion’s wall. He prepared to knock it down; ¹  he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. ²  He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin. ³ 

And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ ¹  will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. ² 

Jacob also deceived ¹  Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was leaving. ² 

Now Joseph’s brothers ¹  saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.