Evil
What is evil?
Sinful, wicked, offensive, pernicious, awful.
The opposite of good.
The enemy is evil.
The flesh of our tongue can be evil.
Psalm 23;4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Isaiah
5;20
Beware,
those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into
light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into
bitter.
Genesis
2;9
Out
of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the
sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis
2;17
"but
from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for
in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.”
Genesis
3;5
"For
God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you
will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Genesis
3;22
Then
the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and
evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the
tree of life, and eat, and live forever."
Genesis
6;5
Then
the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every
intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis
8;21
The
Lord smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never
again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil
from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have
done.
Genesis
38:;7
But
Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord
took his life.
Genesis
39;9
There
is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me
except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil
and sin against God?”
Genesis
44;4
They
had just gone out of the city, and were not far off, when Joseph
said to his house steward, “Up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say
to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?
Genesis
44;34
"For
how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me—for fear that I see
the evil that would overtake my father?”
Genesis
48;16
The
angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the lads; And may my name
live on in them, And the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And may they
grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”
Genesis
50;20
As
for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in
order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.
Exodus
10;10
Then
he said to them, “Thus may the Lord be with you, if ever I let you and your
little ones go! Take heed, for evil is in your mind.
Exodus
23;2
You
shall not follow the masses in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a
dispute so as to turn aside after a multitude in order to pervert justice.
Exodus
32;12
Why
should the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘With evil intent He brought
them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the
earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and change Your mind about doing
harm to Your people.
Exodus
32;22
Aaron
said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, that
they are prone to evil.
Leviticus
5;4
Or
if a person swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good,
in whatever matter a man may speak thoughtlessly with an oath, and it is hidden
from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty in one of
these.
Numbers
14;27
“How
long shall I bear with this evil congregation who are grumbling
against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they are
making against Me.
Numbers
14;35
"I,
the Lord, have spoken, surely this I will do to all this evil congregation
who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be
destroyed, and there they will die.’”
Numbers
32;13
So
the Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the
wilderness forty years, until the entire generation of those who had done evil
in the sight of the Lord was destroyed.
Deuteronomy
1;35
‘Not
one of these men, this evil generation, shall see the good land which I
swore to give your fathers.
Deuteronomy
1;39
Moreover,
your little ones who you said would become a prey, and your sons, who this day
have no knowledge of good or evil, shall enter there, and I will give it
to them and they shall possess it.
Deuteronomy
4;25
“When
you become the father of children and children’s children and have remained
long in the land, and act corruptly, and make an idol in the form of anything,
and do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord your God so as
to provoke Him to anger.
Deuteronomy
9;18
I
fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and nights; I neither
ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you had committed in
doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger.
Deuteronomy
13;5
But
that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has
counseled rebellion against the Lord your God who brought you from the land of
Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to seduce you from the way in
which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil
from among you.
Deuteronomy
17;2
“If
there is found in your midst, in any of your towns, which the Lord your God is
giving you, a man or a woman who does what is evil in the sight of the
Lord your God, by transgressing His covenant.
Deuteronomy
17;12
The
man who acts presumptuously by not listening to the priest who stands there to
serve the Lord your God, nor to the judge, that man shall die; thus you shall
purge the evil from Israel.
Deuteronomy
19;19
then
you shall do to him just as he had intended to do to his brother. Thus you
shall purge the evil from among you.
Deuteronomy
19;20
The
rest will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such an evil thing
among you.
Deuteronomy
23;9
“When
you go out as an army against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from every evil
thing.
Deuteronomy
28;20
“The
Lord will send upon you curses, confusion, and rebuke, in all you undertake to
do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, on account of the evil
of your deeds, because you have forsaken Me.
Deuteronomy
3;17
"Then
My anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and
hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and
troubles will come upon them; so that they will say in that day, ‘Is it not because
our God is not among us that these evils have come upon us?’
Deuteronomy
31;18
But
I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which
they will do, for they will turn to other gods.
Deuteronomy
31;21
"Then
it shall come about, when many evils and troubles have come upon them,
that this song will testify before them as a witness (for it shall not be
forgotten from the lips of their descendants); for I know their intent which
they are developing today, before I have brought them into the land which I
swore.”
Deuteronomy
31;29
"For
I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn from the way which I
have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days, for you
will do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to
anger with the work of your hands.”
Judges
2;11
[ Israel
Serves Baals ] Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the
Lord and served the Baals.
Judges
2;15
Wherever
they went, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord
had spoken and as the Lord had sworn to them, so that they were severely
distressed.
Judges
3;12
Now
the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord
strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil
in the sight of the Lord.
Judges
4;1
[ Deborah
and Barak Deliver from Canaanites ] Then the sons of Israel again did evil
in the sight of the Lord, after Ehud died.
Judges
6;1
[ Israel
Oppressed by Midian ] Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in
the sight of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hands of Midian seven
years.
Psalm
5;4
For
You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with
You.
Psalm
7;4
If I
have rewarded evil to my friend, Or have plundered him who without cause
was my adversary.
Psalm
7;9
O
let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous;
For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
Psalm
10;15
Break
the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, seek out his wickedness until
You find none.
Psalm
15;3
He
does not slander with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor
takes up a reproach against his friend.
Psalm
21;11
Though
they intended evil against You And devised a plot, They will not
succeed.
Psalm
22;16
For
dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They
pierced my hands and my feet.
Psalm
23;4
Even
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil,
for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Psalm
26;5
I
hate the assembly of evildoers, And I will not sit with the wicked.
Psalm
27;2
When
evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my
enemies, they stumbled and fell.
Psalm
28;3
Do
not drag me away with the wicked And with those who work iniquity, Who speak
peace with their neighbors, While evil is in their hearts.
Psalm
28;4
Requite
them according to their work and according to the evil of their
practices; Requite them according to the deeds of their hands; Repay them their
recompense.
Psalm
34;13
Keep
your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.
Psalm
34;14
Depart
from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.
Psalm
34;16
The
face of the Lord is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them
from the earth.
Psalm 34;21
Evil shall slay the wicked, And
those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
Psalm
35;4
Let
those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life; Let those be turned back and
humiliated who devise evil against me.
Psalm
35;12
They
repay me evil for good, To the bereavement of my soul.
Psalm
36;4
He
plans wickedness upon his bed; He sets himself on a path that is not good; He
does not despise evil.
Psalm
37;1
[ Security
of Those Who Trust in the Lord, and Insecurity of the Wicked.]
Do not fret because of evildoers, Be not envious toward wrongdoers.
Do not fret because of evildoers, Be not envious toward wrongdoers.
Psalm 37;8
Cease
from anger and forsake wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.
Psalm
37;9
For evildoers
will be cut off, But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.
Psalm
37;19
They
will not be ashamed in the time of evil, And in the days of famine they
will have abundance.
Psalm
37;27
Depart
from evil and do good, So you will abide forever.
Psalm
38:;20
And
those who repay evil for good, They oppose me, because I follow what is
good.
Psalm
40;12
For evils
beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am
not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart
has failed me.
Psalm
41;5
My
enemies speak evil against me, “When will he die, and his name perish?”
Psalm
50;19
“You
let your mouth loose in evil And your tongue frames deceit.
Psalm
51;4
Against
You, You only, I have sinned And done what is evil in Your sight, So
that You are justified when You speak And blameless when You judge.
Psalm
52;3
You
love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right.
Psalm
52;7
“Behold,
the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his
riches And was strong in his evil desire.”
Psalm
54;5
He
will recompense the evil to my foes; Destroy them in Your faithfulness.
Psalm
55;15
Let
death come deceitfully upon them; Let them go down alive to Sheol, For evil
is in their dwelling, in their midst.
Psalm
56;5
All
day long they distort my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.
Psalm
64;2
Hide
me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of those who do
iniquity.
Psalm
64;5
They
hold fast to themselves an evil purpose; They talk of laying snares
secretly; They say, “Who can see them?”
Psalm
90;15
Make
us glad according to the days You have afflicted us, And the years we
have seen evil.
Psalm
91;10
No evil
will befall you, Nor will any plague come near your tent.
Psalm
92;11
And
my eye has looked exultantly upon my foes, My ears hear of the evildoers
who rise up against me.
Psalm
94;16
Who
will stand up for me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for me
against those who do wickedness?
Psalm
94;23
He
has brought back their wickedness upon them And will destroy them in their evil;
The Lord our God will destroy them.
Psalm
97;10
Hate
evil, you who love the Lord, Who preserves the souls of His godly ones;
He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalm
99;8
O
Lord our God, You answered them; You were a forgiving God to them, And yet
an avenger of their evil deeds.
Psalm
101;4
A
perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil.
Psalm
109;5
Thus
they have repaid me evil for good And hatred for my love.
Psalm
109;20
Let
this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord, And of those who speak evil
against my soul.
Psalm
112;7
He
will not fear evil tidings; His heart is steadfast, trusting in the
Lord.
Psalm
119;101
I
have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Your word.
Psalm
119;115
Depart
from me, evildoers, That I may observe the commandments of my God.
Psalm
121;7
The
Lord will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul.
Psalm
140;1
[ Prayer
for Protection against the Wicked.]
Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men.
Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men.
Psalm
140;2
Who
devise evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up
wars.
Psalm
140;8
“Do
not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil
device, that they not be exalted.
Psalm
140;11
“May
a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent
man speedily.”
Psalm 141;4
Do
not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness
With men who do iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
Psalm
144;10
Who
gives salvation to kings, Who rescues David His servant from the evil
sword.
Proverbs
1;16
For
their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.
Proverbs
1;33
“But
he who listens to me shall live securely and will be at ease from the dread of evil.”
Proverbs
2;12
To
deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse
things.
Proverbs
2;14
Who
delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil.
Proverbs
3;7
Do
not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
Proverbs
4;14
Do
not enter the path of the wicked And do not proceed in the way of evil
men.
Proverbs
4;16
For
they cannot sleep unless they do evil; And they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.
Proverbs
4;27
Do
not turn to the right nor to the left; Turn your foot from evil.
Proverbs
6;14
Who with
perversity in his heart continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.
Proverbs
6;18
A
heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,
Proverbs
6;24
To
keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Proverbs
8;13
“The
fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil
way and the perverted mouth, I hate.
Proverbs
11;19
He
who is steadfast in righteousness will attain to life, And he who
pursues evil will bring about his own death.
Proverbs
11:;21
Assuredly,
the evil man will not go unpunished, But the descendants of the
righteous will be delivered.
Proverbs
11:;27
He
who diligently seeks good seeks favor, But he who seeks evil, evil
will come to him.
Proverbs
12;2
A
good man will obtain favor from the Lord, But He will condemn a man who devises
evil.
Proverbs
12;12
The
wicked man desires the booty of evil men, But the root of the righteous
yields fruit.
Proverbs
12;13
An evil
man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, But the righteous will escape
from trouble.
Proverbs
12;20
Deceit
is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have
joy.
Proverbs
13;19
Desire
realized is sweet to the soul, But it is an abomination to fools to turn away
from evil.
Proverbs
14;16
A
wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, But a fool is arrogant
and careless.
Proverbs
14;17
A
quick-tempered man acts foolishly, And a man of evil devices is hated.
Proverbs
14;19
The evil
will bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Proverbs
14;22
Will
they not go astray who devise evil? But kindness and truth will be to
those who devise good.
Proverbs
15;3
The
eyes of the Lord are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.
Matthew
5;11
“Blessed
are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all
kinds of evil against you because of Me.
Matthew
5;37
But
let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is
of evil.
Matthew
5;39
But
I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on
your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
Matthew
5;45
so
that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to
rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the
righteous and the unrighteous.
Matthew
6;13
‘And
do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is
the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’]
Matthew
7;11
If
you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how
much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask
Him!
Matthew
9;4
And
Jesus knowing their thoughts said, “Why are you thinking evil in your
hearts?
Matthew
12;34
You
brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the
mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.
Matthew
12;35
The
good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil
man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil.
Matthew
12;39
But
He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves
for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah
the prophet.
Matthew
12;45
Then
it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself,
and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse
than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil
generation.”
Matthew
13;19
When
anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil
one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the
one on whom seed was sown beside the road.
Matthew
13;38
and
the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of
the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one.
Matthew
15;4
For
God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of
father or mother is to be put to death.’
Matthew
15;19
For
out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornication,
thefts, false witness, slanders.
Matthew
16;4
An evil
and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it,
except the sign of Jonah.” And He left them and went away.
Matthew
22;10
Those
slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil
and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.
Matthew
24;48
But
if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My master is not coming for a
long time,’
Matthew
27;23
And
he said, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they kept shouting all the
more, saying, “Crucify Him!”
Mark
7;10
For
Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil
of father or mother, is to be put to death’;
Mark
7;21
For
from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornication,
thefts, murders, adulteries.
Mark
7;23
All
these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”
Mark
9;39
But
Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle
in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.
Mark
15;14
But
Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they shouted all
the more, “Crucify Him!”
Luke
6;22
Blessed
are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your
name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.