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Mat 2:8 — And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found [him], bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Go		1Sa 23:22,23; 2Sa 17:14; 1Ki 19:2; Job 5:12,13; Psa 33:10,11; Pro 21:30; Lam 3:37; 1Cr 3:19,20
that		Mat 26:48,49; 2Sa 15:7-12; 2Ki 10:18,19; Ezr 4:1,2; Psa 12:2,3; Psa 55:11-15; Pro 26:24,25; Jer 41:5-7; Luk 20:20,21

Correlating Passages

	1Sa 23:22	Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [and] who hath seen him there: for it is told me [that] he dealeth very subtilly.
	1Sa 23:23	See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
	2Sa 17:14	And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
	1Ki 19:2	Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
	Job 5:12	He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform [their] enterprise.
	Job 5:13	He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
	Psa 33:10	The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
	Psa 33:11	The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
	Pro 21:30	[There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
	Lam 3:37	Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord commandeth [it] not?
	1Cr 3:19	For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
	1Cr 3:20	And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

that

	Mat 26:48	Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
	Mat 26:49	And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
	2Sa 15:7	And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
	2Sa 15:8	For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
	2Sa 15:9	And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
	2Sa 15:10	But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
	2Sa 15:11	And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, [that were] called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
	2Sa 15:12	And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, [even] from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
	2Ki 10:18	And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; [but] Jehu shall serve him much.
	2Ki 10:19	Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice [to do] to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did [it] in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
	Ezr 4:1	Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;
	Ezr 4:2	Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye [do]; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
	Psa 12:2	They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.
	Psa 12:3	The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:
	Psa 55:11	Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
	Psa 55:12	For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] did magnify [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
	Psa 55:13	But [it was] thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
	Psa 55:14	We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked unto the house of God in company.
	Psa 55:15	Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.
	Pro 26:24	He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
	Pro 26:25	When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.
	Jer 41:5	That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, [even] fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring [them] to the house of the LORD.
	Jer 41:6	And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
	Jer 41:7	And it was [so], when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, [and cast them] into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that [were] with him.
	Luk 20:20	And they watched [him], and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
	Luk 20:21	And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person [of any], but teachest the way of God truly:

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 2:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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