40 Bible Verses about wickedness
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Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous [those in right standing with You];
For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
Woe (judgment is coming) to the wicked! It shall go badly with him,
For what his hand has done shall be done to him.
Woe (judgment is coming) to those who devise wickedness
And plot evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they practice evil
Because it is in the power of their hands.
Hide me from the secret counsel and conspiracy of the ungodly,
From the scheming of those who do wrong,
For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
Then he said, “This is Wickedness (Godlessness)!” And he threw her back down into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead cover on its opening.
For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land of the righteous,
So that the righteous will not reach out their hands to do wrong.
A man will not be established by wickedness,
But the root of the [consistently] righteous will not be moved.
“Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
Do not further their evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.
Moreover, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
But the wicked will be cut off from the land
And the treacherous shall be [forcibly] uprooted and removed from it.
Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
Seek out his wickedness until You find no more.
Evil will cause the death of the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous will be held guilty and will be condemned.
“Your wickedness affects only a man such as you,
And your righteousness affects only a son of man [but it cannot affect God, who is sovereign].
We know [for a fact] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] lies in the power of the evil one [opposing God and His precepts].
Take away the wicked from before the king,
And his throne will be established in righteousness.
“There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.
And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way.
“Though evil and wickedness are sweet in his mouth
And he hides it under his tongue,
For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil [person] dwells with You.
He has turned back their own wickedness upon them
And will destroy them by means of their own evil;
The Lord our God will wipe them out.
The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in two the [thick] cords of the wicked [which enslaved the people of Israel].
Engaging in evil is like sport to the fool [who refuses wisdom and chases sin],
But to a man of understanding [skillful and godly] wisdom brings joy.
“So I will rescue you out of the hand of the wicked,
And I will redeem you from the [grasping] palm of the terrible and ruthless [tyrant].”
However, if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he will die in his sin; but you have freed yourself [from responsibility].
The Lord saw that the wickedness (depravity) of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination or intent of the thoughts of his heart were only evil continually.
For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.
When the wicked man comes [to the depth of evil], contempt [of all that is pure and good] also comes,
And with inner baseness (dishonor) comes outer shame (scorn).
The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].
The righteousness of the blameless will smooth their way and keep it straight,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];
I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God
Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.
Morning after morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land,
That I may cut off from the city of the Lord all those who do evil.
and not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother [Abel]. And why did he murder him? Because Cain’s deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
and [pray] that we will be rescued from perverse and evil men; for not everyone has the faith.
Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
Who will take a stand for me against those who do wickedness?
Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished,
But the descendants of the righteous will be freed.
From Thematic Bible
Fire » Illustrative of » Wickedness
For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns,
It even sets the forest thickets ablaze;
And it swirls upward in a column of smoke.
Wickedness » Characteristics of
For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.
[and they will be] unloving [devoid of natural human affection, calloused and inhumane], irreconcilable, malicious gossips, devoid of self-control [intemperate, immoral], brutal, haters of good,
Ah, sinful nation,
A people loaded down with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing],
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who behave corruptly!
They have abandoned (rejected) the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel [provoking Him to anger],
They have turned away from Him.
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,
wild waves of the sea, flinging up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.
Wickedness » Contrasted with the righteous
Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
But he who trusts in and relies on the Lord shall be surrounded with compassion and lovingkindness.
The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,
And His soul hates the [malevolent] one who loves violence.
There will be tribulation and anguish [torturing confinement] for every human soul who does [or permits] evil, to the Jew first and also to the Greek,
For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
But the Lord upholds and sustains the righteous [who seek Him].
Wickedness » What wickedness does
“Your own wickedness will discipline you,
And your desertion of the faith will punish you.
Know therefore that it is an evil and bitter thing
For you to abandon (reject) the Lord your God,
And for you to be indifferent to Me and dismiss the [reverent] fear of Me,” says the Lord God of hosts.
For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns,
It even sets the forest thickets ablaze;
And it swirls upward in a column of smoke.
“Your wickedness affects only a man such as you,
And your righteousness affects only
Righteousness (being in right standing with God) guards the one whose way is blameless,
But wickedness undermines and overthrows the sinner.
Wickedness » What is wicked
It is immoral and shameful if a man marries a woman and her mother; all three shall be burned in fire, so that there will be no immorality among you.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly perverse and corrupt and severely, mortally sick! Who can know it [perceive, understand, be acquainted with his own heart and mind]? I the Lord search the mind, I try the heart, even to give to every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover their nakedness (have intimate relations with them); they are [her] blood relatives; it is an outrageous offense.
Wickedness » Treasures of wickedness
Better is the little of the righteous [who seek the will of God]
Than the abundance (riches) of many wicked (godless).
Treasures of wickedness and ill-gotten gains do not profit,
But righteousness and moral integrity in daily life rescues from death.
Are there not still treasures gained by wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure [a false measure for grain] that is abominable and accursed? Can I be pure [Myself, and acquit the man] with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights? For [the city's] rich men are full of violence; her inhabitants have spoken lies and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
Wickedness » A large amount
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];
I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God
Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.
Better is the little of the righteous [who seek the will of God]
Than the abundance (riches) of many wicked (godless).
Wickedness » The time when the wicked rise
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory and celebration;
But when the wicked rise [to prominence], men hide themselves.
Wickedness » What wickedness cannot do
There is no man who has power and authority over the wind to restrain the wind,
Nor does he have authority over the day of death;
There is no discharge [from service] during time of war,
And evil will not rescue those who [actively seek to] practice it.
Wickedness » How the land becomes full of wickedness
‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land will not fall to prostitution and become full of wickedness.
Wickedness » Nobody being established by wickedness
A man will not be established by wickedness,
But the root of the [consistently] righteous will not be moved.
Wickedness » The plowing of the wicked
Haughty and arrogant eyes and a proud heart,
The lamp of the wicked [their self-centered pride], is sin [in the eyes of God].
Wickedness » The lord hating wickedness
The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,
And His soul hates the [malevolent] one who loves violence.
Wickedness » What lies in wickedness
We know [for a fact] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] lies in the power of the evil one [opposing God and His precepts].
Topics on Wickedness
Millennial Kingdom, Christ Crushes Wickedness
Isaiah 2:2-4
Now it will come to pass that
In the last days
The mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be [firmly] established as the
And will be exalted above the hills;
And all the nations will stream to it.
