'Evil' in the Bible
- 1.Gen 2:9-Num 24:13
- 2.Num 25:1-1 Sam 23:9
- 3.1 Sam 24:9-2 Kgs 19:23
- 4.2 Kgs 20:19-Job 6:30
- 5.Job 8:4-Psa 37:16
- 6.Psa 37:17-Psa 119:115
- 7.Psa 119:150-Prov 24:18
- 8.Prov 24:19-Isa 47:11
- 9.Isa 50:2-Jer 23:2
- 10.Jer 23:10-Ezek 18:23
- 11.Ezek 18:24-Micah 3:11
- 12.Micah 4:6-Matt 26:65
- 13.Matt 27:23-John 8:49
- 14.John 8:52-2 Cor 6:8
- 15.2 Cor 6:14-James 2:4
- 16.James 2:7-Rev 21:8
- 17.Rev 22:11-Rev 22:15
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back.
As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.
The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.
Smooth lips with an evil heartare like glaze on an earthen vessel.
A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.
Though his hatred is concealed by deception,his evil will be revealed in the assembly.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.
Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.
An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.
Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
I saw something else under the sun: instead of justice [there was] evil; instead of righteousness [there was] wickedness.
And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.
Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.
In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil.
Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?
I committed myself to understand, to learn, to search for wisdom and explanations, and to understand both the evil that is foolishness and the stupidity that is delusion.
This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver those who practice it.
All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.
And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
But it will not be well for the evil man and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.
There is futility which is done on the earth, that is, there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked. On the other hand, there are evil men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I say that this too is futility.
Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor;'so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly,but the end of his speaking is evil madness.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
"Oh, you sinful nation! You people burdened down by iniquity! You offspring of those who keep practicing what is evil! You corrupt children! "They've abandoned the LORD; they've despised the Holy One of Israel; in their estrangement, they've walked away from me.
Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.
Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies.
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
For you, O Lord, have given up your people, the family of Jacob, because they are full of the evil ways of the east, and make use of secret arts like the Philistines, and are friends with the children of strange countries.
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
Woe to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.
And in the place of sweet spices will be an evil smell, and for a fair band a thick cord; for a well-dressed head there will be the cutting-off of the hair, and for a beautiful robe there will be the clothing of sorrow; the mark of the prisoner in place of the ornaments of the free.
Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
He touched my mouth with it and said, "Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven."
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
and all of the people were evil Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria saying proudly with arrogant hearts:
For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.
Woe to those who enact evil statutesAnd to those who constantly record unjust decisions,
Evil they do not, nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For full hath been the earth with the knowledge of Jehovah, As the waters are covering the sea.
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
But the beasts of the waste land will have their holes there; and the houses will be full of crying jackals, and ostriches will have their place there, and evil spirits will be dancing there.
you will not be united with them in burial, for you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people. People will never mention the descendants of those who practice evil again!
And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water-plants will come to nothing.
In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpentWith His fierce and great and mighty sword [rescuing Israel from her enemy],Even Leviathan the twisted serpent;And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.
For the ruthless one will vanish,the scorner will disappear,and all those who lie in wait with evil intentwill be killed—
For this cause the Holy One of Israel says, Because you will not give ear to this word, and are looking for help in ways of deceit and evil, and are putting your hope in them:
Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
In not much more than a year, you, who are not looking for evil, will be troubled: for the produce of the vine-gardens will be cut off, and there will be no getting in of the grapes.
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
And the beasts of the waste places will come together with the jackals, and the evil spirits will be crying to one another, even the night-spirit will come and make her resting-place there.
It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so make your prayer for the rest of the people.
Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord; let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see: take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.
Against whom have you said evil and bitter things? and against whom has your voice been loud and your eyes lifted up? even against the Holy One of Israel.
You have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; and its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods: I will come up into his highest places, into his thick woods.
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
You did not buy me aromatic reeds; you did not present to me the fat of your sacrifices. Yet you burdened me with your sins; you made me weary with your evil deeds.
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
So now take note of this, you who are given up to pleasure, living without fear of evil, saying in your heart, I am, and there is no one like me; I will never be a widow, or have my children taken from me.
“But these two things shall come to you abruptly, in one day:Loss of children and widowhood.They will come on you in full measureIn spite of your many [claims of power through your] sorceries,In spite of the great power of your enchantments.
You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought, 'No one sees me.' Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me!'
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
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- 1.Gen 2:9-Num 24:13
- 2.Num 25:1-1 Sam 23:9
- 3.1 Sam 24:9-2 Kgs 19:23
- 4.2 Kgs 20:19-Job 6:30
- 5.Job 8:4-Psa 37:16
- 6.Psa 37:17-Psa 119:115
- 7.Psa 119:150-Prov 24:18
- 8.Prov 24:19-Isa 47:11
- 9.Isa 50:2-Jer 23:2
- 10.Jer 23:10-Ezek 18:23
- 11.Ezek 18:24-Micah 3:11
- 12.Micah 4:6-Matt 26:65
- 13.Matt 27:23-John 8:49
- 14.John 8:52-2 Cor 6:8
- 15.2 Cor 6:14-James 2:4
- 16.James 2:7-Rev 21:8
- 17.Rev 22:11-Rev 22:15
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