Evil

When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.

Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.

Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.

Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.

Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’

…do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.

You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.

But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;

…that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your hearts?

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.

The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.

The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.

When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”

And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.

For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

“Do not stop him,” Jesus replied. “For no one who performs a miracle in My name can turn around and speak evil of Me.

“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

At that very hour Jesus healed many people of their diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and He gave sight to many who were blind.

…as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

A third time he said to them, “What evil has this man done? I have found in Him no offense worthy of death. So after I punish Him, I will release Him.”

And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

…and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.

…so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.

Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.

“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

…slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.

So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.

Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.

These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.

Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.

Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

…who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

…redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.

In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!

Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.

Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.

Abstain from every form of evil.

And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not everyone holds to the faith.

But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

…he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,

For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

…while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.

But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

…have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

…but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.

As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.

Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”