Psalm 2:2

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The kings of the earth take their places; the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and His Anointed One (the Messiah, the Christ). They say, [Acts 4:25-27.]

Cross References

Psalm 110:5

The Lord at Your right hand will shatter kings in the day of His indignation.

Psalm 2:10

Now therefore, O you kings, act wisely; be instructed and warned, O you rulers of the earth.

Psalm 45:7

You love righteousness, uprightness, and right standing with God and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows. [Heb. 1:8, 9.]

Psalm 48:4

For, behold, the kings assembled, they came onward and they passed away together.

Psalm 48:5

They looked, they were amazed; they were stricken with terror and took to flight [affrighted and dismayed].

Psalm 74:18

[Earnestly] remember how the enemy has scoffed, O Lord, and reproached You, and how a foolish and impious people has blasphemed Your name.

Psalm 74:23

Do not forget the [clamoring] voices of Your adversaries, the tumult of those who rise up against You, which ascends continually.

Psalm 83:6

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

Psalm 89:20

I have found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him, [Acts 13:22.]

Exodus 16:7

And in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, for He hears your murmurings against the Lord. For what are we, that you murmur against us?

Proverbs 21:30

There is no [human] wisdom or understanding or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.

Isaiah 61:1

THE SPIRIT of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed and qualified me to preach the Gospel of good tidings to the meek, the poor, and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up and heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the [physical and spiritual] captives and the opening of the prison and of the eyes to those who are bound, [Rom. 10:15.]

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he realized that he had been misled by the wise men, was furiously enraged, and he sent and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that territory who were two years old and under, reckoning according to the date which he had investigated diligently and had learned exactly from the wise men.

Matthew 26:3

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the [open] court of the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

Matthew 26:59

Now the chief priests and the whole council (the Sanhedrin) sought to get false witnesses to testify against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death;

Matthew 27:1

WHEN IT was morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people held a consultation against Jesus to put Him to death;

Luke 13:31

At that very hour some Pharisees came up and said to Him, Go away from here, for Herod is determined to kill You.

John 1:41

He first sought out and found his own brother Simon and said to him, We have found (discovered) the Messiah!–which translated is the Christ (the Anointed One).

John 15:23

Whoever hates Me also hates My Father.

John 3:34

For since He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaims God's own message], God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the gift God makes of His Spirit! [Deut. 18:18.]

Acts 10:38

How God anointed and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the [Holy] Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by [the power of] the devil, for God was with Him.

Acts 9:4

And he fell to the ground. Then he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me [harassing, troubling, and molesting Me]?

Hebrews 1:9

You have loved righteousness [You have delighted in integrity, virtue, and uprightness in purpose, thought, and action] and You have hated lawlessness (injustice and iniquity). Therefore God, [even] Your God (Godhead), has anointed You with the oil of exultant joy and gladness above and beyond Your companions. [Ps. 45:6, 7.]