17 Bible Verses about Loving Evil
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“You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,
You love evil more than good,
Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
He also loved cursing, so it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach?
How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? Selah.
“How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded?
And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?
Thus says the Lord to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander; they have not kept their feet in check. Therefore the Lord does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and call their sins to account.”
The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule on their own authority;
And My people love it so!
But what will you do at the end of it?
Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness;
I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.
But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame,
And they became as detestable as that which they loved.
Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.
He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he show regard for any other god; for he will magnify himself above them all.