69 Bible Verses about evil, believers' responses to
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Happy the man who went not in the counsel of the unjust, and he stood not in the way of the sinful, and sat not in the seat of those scoffing.
In the path of the unjust thou shalt not go, and thou shalt not advance in the way of the wicked.
And he will say to man, Behold, the fear of Jehovah, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Depart from me, ye doing evil, and I will watch the commands of my God.
The wise one feared and departed from evil: and the foolish overflowing, and being confident .
Turn aside, turn aside, come ye forth from thence; ye shall not touch the unclean thing; come forth from the midst of her; be separated ye lifting up the vessels of Jehovah.
And with many other words he appealed earnestly and besought, saying, Be ye saved from this crooked generation.
Love unfeigned. Hating evil; fastened to good.
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not consideration for the flesh, for the passions.
Your boasting not good. Know ye not that a little leaven may leaven the whole mixture? Therefore cleanse out the old leaven, that ye may be a new mixture, as ye are unleavened. For also our pascha was sacrificed for us, Christ:
Be not unequally yoked together with the unbelieving: for what participation to justice and iniquity and what communion to light with darkness? And what conformity to Christ with Belial? and what part to the believing with the unbelieving? And what agreement to the temple of God with images? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God said, That I will dwell in them, and will go round about; and will be their God, and they shall be a people to me.read more.
Therefore come out from the midst of them, and be separated, says the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you. And I will be to you for a Father, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
And fornication, and all uncleanness, or overreaching, let it not be named with you, as becomes the holy;
And we proclaim to you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, for you to shrink from every brother walking disorderly, and not according to the doctrine which he received of us.
The fear of Jehovah hates evil: pride and haughtiness, and the evil way, and the mouth of perverseness I hated.
Hate evil, ye loving Jehovah: he watched the souls of his godly ones; he will deliver them from the hand of the unjust
Hate evil and love good, and set ye judgment in the gate: perhaps Jehovah God of armies will compassionate the remnant of Joseph.
For every one doing bad things hates the light, and he comes not to the light, lest his works should be rebuked.
And having turned, he said to Peter, Retire behind me, Satan: thou art an offence, to me: for thou hast not in mind the things of God, but the things of men.
And he having turned back, and having seen his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, Retire behind me, Satan: for thou hast not in mind the things of God, but the things of men.
Proclaim the word; keep fixed seasonably, and unseasonably; refute, censure, beseech, in all longsnffering and teaching.
Wherefore will ye trample upon my sacrifice and upon my gifts which I commanded to my habitation? and thou wilt honor thy sons above me to fatten yourselves from the chief of all the gifts of Israel my people.
And Samuel will say to Saul, Thou didst foolishly: thou didst not watch the commands of Jehovah thy God which he commanded thee; for now Jehovah prepared thy kingdom for Israel, even for ever.
And Samuel will say, Was it pleasing to Jehovah in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as to hear to the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to hear, above a good sacrifice, and to hearken, above the fat of rams.
Wherefore didst thou despise the word of Jehovah to do evil in his eyes? Uriah the Hittite thou didst strike with the sword, and his wife thou tookest to thee for a wife, and thou didst kill him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.
And he will say, I troubled not Israel? but thou and thy father's house in your forsaking the commands of Jehovah, and thou wilt go after the Baals.
For Jehovah, his eyes run to and fro in all the earth to strengthen himself with the perfected heart of them to him. Thou wert foolish for this that from now there is wars with thee.
And the spirit of God clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he will stand from above to the people, and say to them, Thus said God, Wherefore are ye passing by the commands of Jehovah, and ye shall not prosper? for ye forsook Jehovah, and he will forsake you.
And they will stand against Uzziah the king, and say to him, Not to thee, Uzziah, to burn incense to Jehovah, but to the priests, the sons of Aaron, being consecrated to burn incense: go forth from the holy place, for thou didst trespass; and not to thee for honor from Jehovah God.
And Ezra the priest will rise up and say to them, Ye transgressed, and ye will dwell with strange wives to add upon the guilt of Israel.
The just one shall smite me; a mercy: and he shall admonish me, an oil of the head it shall not decorate my head: for yet my prayer in their evils.
Wherefore, O king, my counsel shall be pleasant to thee, and break off thy sins by justice, and thine iniquities in compassionating the poor; if it shall be a lengthening to thy peace.
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, didst not humble thy heart because that thou knewest all this;
For John said to Herod, That it is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
And the other having answered, censured him, saying, Shouldest thou not fear God, for thou art in the same judgment?
And Peter said, Ananias, wherefore filled Satan thy heart, for thee to belie the Holy Spirit, and separate from the price of the farm Remaining, did it not remain to thee? and sold, it was in thy power: for what hast thou put this thing in thy heart? thou hast not lied to men, but to God.
And Peter said to her, For what was it agreed by you to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them having interred thy husband at the door, and they shall carry thee out.
As I besought thee to remain in Ephesus, going into Macedonia, that thou mightest proclaim to some not to teach another doctrine,
This testimony is true. For this cause reprove them severely, that they may be sound in the faith;
Put on the complete armor of God, for you to be able to stand against the artifices of the accuser.
Be subjected therefore to God. Resist the accuser, and he will flee from you.
Wherefore we also having such a cloud of witnesses lying round about us, having laid down every weight, and sin easily captivating, by patience we should run the race set before us,
Therefore setting aside all wickedness, and all artifice, and dissimulation; and envies, and all calumnies,
Whom resist firm in the faith, knowing that the same of sufferings are completed by your brotherhood in the world.
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing back; and your reward shall be much, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the graceless and evil.
If therefore thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for doing this, thou shalt heap up-coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
If thine enemy hunger, give him bread to eat; and if he thirst, give him water to drink: For thou tookest up coals of fire upon his head, and Jehovah will recompense to thee.
If thou shalt see the ass of him hating thee, lying down under his load, and thou didst desist from cutting loose for him, releasing, thou shall release with him.
Thou shalt not avenge thyself nor keep anger with the sons of thy people, and didst love thy neighbor as thyself. I Jehovah.
But I say to you, Love your enemies, praise them cursing you, do well to them hating you, and pray for them threatening you, and driving you out.
See that any return not evil to any: but always pursue good to one another, and to all.
Not returning evil for evil, or railing for railing: and on the contrary prayer; knowing that to this were ye called, that ye might inherit praise.
And thou shouldst not lead us into temptation, but deliver thou us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
And remit to us our sins; for we onrselves also remit to every one indebted to us. 'And bring us not into temptation; but deliver us from the evil.
And now, Lord, look upon their threats: and give to thy servants, with all freedom of speech to speak thy word,
We should therefore go with freedom of speech to the throne of grace, that we receive mercy, and find grace for timely assistance.
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