23 Bible Verses about Godlessness

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good. Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who cares about God. All have gone astray; they are altogether corrupt. There is not one who does good; there is not even one.

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good. God looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who seeks God. {All of them} have turned back. They are altogether corrupt. There is none who does good; there is not even one.

"Because of [the] multitude of oppressions, they cry out; they cry for help because of [the] arm of [the] mighty. But no one says, 'Where [is] God my Maker, [who] gives songs in the night,

{With bald-faced pride} [the] wicked will not seek [God]. There is no God in any of his thoughts. His ways endure at all times. Your judgments are aloof from him. [As for] all his enemies, he scoffs at them. He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved {throughout all generations}, [during] which [I will have] no trouble."read more.
His mouth is filled with cursing, with deceits and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and evil. He sits in ambush in villages; in the hiding places he kills [the] innocent. His eyes {lurk} for [the] helpless. He lies in ambush {secretly,} like a lion in a thicket. He lies in ambush to seize [the] poor; he seizes [the] poor by catching him in his net. He is crushed; he is bowed down; so the helpless host falls by his {might}. He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He never sees."

An oracle: the wicked has rebellion in the midst of his heart. There is no fear of God before his eyes. For he flatters himself in his eyes, hating to detect his iniquity. The words of his mouth [are] wickedness and deceit. He has ceased to have insight [and] to do good.read more.
He plans sin on his bed. He puts himself on a way [that is] not good. He does not reject evil.

With a mouth, the godless shall destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

Keep falsehood and a {lying word} far from me; do not give me poverty or wealth; provide me [with] food [only for] my need. Or else I will be satisfied and will deny [him] and say "Who [is] Yahweh?" Or I will be poor and will steal and profane the name of my God.

"For both prophet as well as priest are godless, even in my temple I have found their wickedness," {declares} Yahweh. "{Therefore} their way will be to them like the slippery places, they will be pushed in the darkness, and they will fall into it, for I will bring disaster on them [in] the year of their punishment," {declares} Yahweh.

Can papyrus grow tall where [there is] not a marsh? Will reeds flourish without water? While it [is] in its flower [and] is not plucked, yet it withers {before} all grass. So [are] the paths of all who forget God; and [the] hope of [the] godless will perish,read more.
whose confidence is cut off and {whose trust} [is] a spider's house. He will lean himself against his house, but it will not stand; he will take hold of it, but it will not endure. He [is] {thriving} {before} the sun, and his plant shoots spread over his garden. His roots twine over a stone heap; he sees a house of stone. If he destroys him from his place, then it deceives him, [saying], 'I have never seen you.' Look, this [is] the joy of his way, and from dust others will spring up.

but he remains quiet, and who can condemn? And he hides [his] face, and who can behold him? Yet [he is] over a nation and over a person alike, so that godless human beings should not reign, nor those who ensnare [the] people.

[The] wicked shall turn back to Sheol, all [the] nations forgetting God, for [the] needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall never perish. Rise up, O Yahweh, let not humans prevail; let [the] nations be judged before you.read more.
O Yahweh, put them in fear. Let [the] nations know they [are merely] human. Selah

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all impiety and unrighteousness of people, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

Look, [though] he kill me, I will hope in him; however, I will defend my ways {before him}. Moreover, this [is] salvation to me, that [the] godless would not come {before him}.

for [the] company of [the] godless [is] barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

"Did you know this from of old, since the setting of [the] human being on earth, that [the] rejoicing of [the] wicked [is] {short}, and the joy of [the] godless {lasts only a moment}?

for what [is the] hope of [the] godless when he cuts [them] off, when God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry of distress when distress comes upon him? Or, in Shaddai will he find delight? Will he call upon God at all times?

"And if [they] are tied up with fetters, [if] they are caught in [the] cords of misery, then he declares their work to them, and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly. So he opens their ear to the discipline, and he commands that they return from mischief.read more.
If they listen and serve [him], they complete their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness. But if they do not listen, they perish by [the] sword, and they pass away without knowledge. And [the] godless of heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.

But to the wicked God says, "What [right] have you to recite my statutes and {mention my covenant with your mouth}, while you yourself hate discipline, and cast my words behind you? When you see a thief, then you are pleased with him, and your association [is] with adulterers.read more.
You give your mouth free rein for evil, and you harness your tongue to deceit. You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your mother's son. These [things] you have done, and I have been silent; You imagined that I was just like you. I will rebuke you and present [an argument] before your eyes. Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear [you] apart, and there [will be] none to deliver.

I send him against a godless nation, and I command him against the people of my wrath, to capture spoil and to carry off plunder, and to make them a trampling place, like [the] clay of [the] streets.

[You who are] far away, hear what I have done; and [you who are] near, know my might!" Sinners are afraid in Zion; trembling has seized [the] godless: "Who of us can {live} [with] devouring fire? Who of us can {live} [with] everlasting consuming hearths?"

But reject those {worthless myths told by elderly women}, and train yourself for godliness.

O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted [to you]. Turn away from pointless empty talk and contradictions of [what is] falsely called knowledge, which some, [by] professing [it], have deviated concerning the faith. Grace [be] with you [all].

and so all Israel will be saved, just as it is written, "The deliverer will come out of Zion; he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob. And this [is] the covenant from me with them when I take away their sins."