15 Bible Verses about Evildoers
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Let your manner of life before the Gentiles be honest; so that, although they are now slandering you as evil-doers, they may, by beholding your noble conduct, come to glorify God, in the day of visitation.
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as a spy upon other people's business.
Every one should be in the higher authorities; for there is no authority apart from God. The authorities that now exist have been appointed by God. Therefore the man who rebels against authority is opposing the divine ordinances; and those who withstand will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are no terror to good deeds, but to evil. Would you be fearless of the ruler's authority? Do what is good, and you will have his praise.read more.
For the ruler is God's minister appointed for your good. But if you are a wrong-doer, be afraid; he does not carry the sword to no purpose; he is God's servant, appointed to vengeance upon the guilty.
or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the encouragement of well-doers.
"So you will become sons of your heavenly Father; for he makes his sun to rise upon sinners as well as saints, and sends rain upon the unjust and the just.
"Then I will tell them plainly, "'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of iniquity.'
"But he will answer. "'I tell you I do not know were you came from;
"The man who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is unjust in a very little, is unjust also as much.
"The Pharisee stood apart and thus began to pray by himself. "'O God, I thank thee that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax gatherer;
"and having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there is to be a resurrection both of the just and the unjust.
Dare any one of you who has a grievance against his neighbor go to law before heathen judges, instead of before the saints?
because Christ also once for all suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but make alive in spirit.
then be sure that the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the wicked (who are even now enduring punishment) for the "Day of Judgment";