22 Bible Verses about Godlessness

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good. The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God. They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good. God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God. Every one of them has gone back; they are unclean: there is not one who does good, no, not one.

Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong. But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God. His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him. He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through all generations I will never be in trouble.read more.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts. He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor. He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net. The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones. He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes. For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated. In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.read more.
He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

With his mouth the evil man sends destruction on his neighbour; but through knowledge the upright are taken out of trouble.

Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food: For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

For the prophet as well as the priest is unclean; even in my house I have seen their evil-doing, says the Lord. For this cause their steps will be slipping on their way: they will be forced on into the dark and have a fall there: for I will send evil on them in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water? When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant. So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:read more.
Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread. He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing. He is full of strength before the sun, and his branches go out over his garden. His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them. If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you. Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place.

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The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld. For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever. Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.read more.
Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)

For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;

Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him; And that will be my salvation, for an evil-doer would not come before him,

For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire.

Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth, That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?

For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul? Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble? Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?

And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble, Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride. Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.read more.
If they give ear to his voice, and do his word, then he gives them long life, and years full of pleasure. But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge. Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.

I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.

Give ear, you who are far off, to what I have done: see my power, you who are near. The sinners in Zion are full of fear; the haters of God are shaking with wonder. Who among us may keep his place before the burning fire? who among us may see the eternal burnings?

But have nothing to do with unclean and foolish stories. Give yourself training in religion:

O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named; Through which some, who gave their minds to it, have been turned away from the faith. Grace be with you.

And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob: And this is my agreement with them, when I will take away their sins.