Craftiness

The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.

• Genesis 3:1–5Nave INSTANCES OF — Satan, in the temptation of Eve

  Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees…

• Genesis 25:31–33Nave INSTANCES OF — Jacob, in purchase of Esau's birthright

  And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

• Genesis 27:6–29Nave INSTANCES OF — Obtaining Isaac's blessing

  ¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice…

• Genesis 30:31–43Nave INSTANCES OF — In management of Laban's flocks and herds

  And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock: I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted…

• Joshua 9:3–15Nave INSTANCES OF — Gibeonites, in deceiving Joshua and the Israelites into a treaty

  ¶ And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; And old…

• Nehemiah 6:1–19Nave INSTANCES OF — Sanballat, in trying to deceive Nehemiah into a conference

  Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) That…

• Matthew 22:15–17Nave INSTANCES OF — Jews, in seeking to entangle the Master

  ¶ Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for…

• Matthew 22:24–28Nave INSTANCES OF — Jews, in seeking to entangle the Master

  Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his…

• Matthew 26:4Nave INSTANCES OF — In seeking to kill Jesus

  And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

• Mark 12:13Nave INSTANCES OF — Jews, in seeking to entangle the Master

  ¶ And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

• Mark 14:1Nave INSTANCES OF — In seeking to kill Jesus

  After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

• Mark 14:18–23Nave INSTANCES OF — Jews, in seeking to entangle the Master

  And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I? And he answered and said unto them, It is…