55 Bible Verses about Wicked Described As

But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under foot.

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts.

which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach; and they sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but the bad they cast away.

For there is no good tree that bringeth forth corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that bringeth forth good fruit.

But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.

And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung.

Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross unto me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.

Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?

The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

As a dog that returneth to his vomit,'so is a fool that repeateth his folly.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.

It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.

Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross unto me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver. Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir the fire , from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened.

They compassed me about like bees; They are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:

Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burnt up; and the people are as the fuel of fire: no man spareth his brother.

and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.

When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turneth to his course, as a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle.

They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.

He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.

When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

Refuse silver shall men them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.

Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:

For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows

These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.

O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass's colt.