'Evil' in the Bible

How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?

Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the mob of those who practice evil,

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways.

When I put on the clothing of grief, they said evil of me.

Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.

My God, deliver me from the power of the wicked and the grasp of ruthless practicers of evil.

For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered with reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,

My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed -- because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!

He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.

In their mockery they speak evil; from their arrogant position they speak oppression.

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.

[The] enemy will not deceive him, and no {evil man} will afflict him.

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

You will not be afraid of the terror of night,Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever.

For behold, your enemies, O Yahweh, for behold, your enemies will perish. All [the] workers of evil will be scattered.

My eyes gloated over those who lie in wait for me; when those of evil intent attack me, my ears will hear.

Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.

To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?

What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

He will pay them back for their sinsand destroy them for their evil.The Lord our God will destroy them.

Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

LORD our God, you answered them; you were their God who forgave them, but also avenged their evil deeds.

I will not even think about doing anything lawless; I hate to do evil deeds; I will have none of it.

A devious heart will be far from me;I will not be involved with evil.

'Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.'

We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.

They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.

And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes,

They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits,

Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds.

He delivered them many times, but they demonstrated rebellion by their evil plans; therefore they sunk deep in their sins.

And He remembered His covenant for their sake,And relented [rescinding their sentence] according to the greatness of His lovingkindness [when they cried out to Him],

They go up to the heavens, they go down to the depths, Their soul in evil is melted.

a fruitful land into a salty place, because of the evil of its inhabitants.

And they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow.

The upright see it and rejoice, but the mouth of an evil person is shut.

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Appoint an evil person over him; may an accuser stand at his right side.

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

who practice no evil while they walk in his ways.

Rulers make evil designs against me; but your servant gives thought to your rules.

Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.

All your teachings are certain; they go after me with evil design; give me your help.

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

Depart from me, you evil ones,so that I may obey my God’s commands.

Those who pursue evil plans come near;they are far from Your instruction.

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.

But for those who choose their own devious paths, the LORD will lead them away, along with those who practice evil. Peace be upon Israel. A Song of Ascents

who speak against you with evil motives, your enemies who are acting in vain.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

who plan evil in their hearts.They stir up wars all day long.

Protect me, LORD, from the control of evil people, from violent men who have planned to trip me.

Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)

“Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.

As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

Let the righteous one strike me—it is an act of faithful love;let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;let me not refuse it.Even now my prayer is againstthe evil acts of the wicked.

Protect me from the trap laid for me and from the snares of those who practice evil.

Who is giving deliverance to kings, Who is freeing David His servant from the sword of evil.