38 Bible Verses about evil, warnings against

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Proverbs 6:16-19

These six Jehovah hated, and seven an abomination of his soul: Eyes being lifted up; a tongue of falsehood, and hands shedding innocent blood, A heart fabricating purposes of iniquity; feet being quick to run to evil,read more.
A witness of falsehood, breathing out lies, and sending strife between brethren.

Isaiah 31:2

And he also being wise and he will bring evil, and he removed not his words: and he rose up against the house of those doing evil, and against the help of those working vanity.

Micah 2:1

Wo to them purposing vanity, and working evil upon their beds! In the light of the morning they will do it because it is to the strength of their hand.

Leviticus 20:23

And ye shall not walk in the laws of the nations which I sent out from before you: for they did all these things and I shall be disgusted with them.

Ezekiel 20:18

And saying to their sons in the desert Ye shall not go in the laws of your fathers, and their judgments ye shall not watch, and with their blocks ye shall not be defiled.:

Luke 12:1

Upon which, myriads of the crowd having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to speak to his disciples first, Keep yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Acts 13:40

See ye, therefore, that that spoken by the prophets come not upon you.

Romans 7:13

Was then good death to me? It may not be. But sin, that it might appear sin, by the good working death in me; that sin might be sinful to excess by the command.

1 Timothy 1:9-11

Knowing this, that the law is laid down not for the just one, but for the lawless and disorderly, for the profane and sinful, for the wicked and unholy, for the patricides and matricides, for manslayers, For fornicators, unchaste, man-stealers, liars, the perjured, and if there be any other thing opposed to sound doctrine; According to the good news of the glory of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted.

Romans 13:1-4

Let every soul be placed under the protecting powers. For there is no power except from God: and the powers being, were ordered by God. So he opposing the power, has resisted the arrangement of God: and they having resisted shall receive to themselves judgment. For rulers are not the terror of good works, but of evil. And wilt thou not fear the power do good, and thou shalt have approbation of it:read more.
For he is servant of God to thee for good. And if thou do evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword without order: for he is servant of God, avenging for anger to him doing evil.

Deuteronomy 17:7

The hand of the witnesses shall be at first upon him to put him to death, and the hand of all the people afterward. And put thou away the evil from the midst of thee.

Deuteronomy 21:21

And all the men of his city stoned him with stones, and he died: and put thou away evil from the midst of thee, and all Israel shall hear and shall fear.

1 Timothy 2:1-2

I Beseech therefore, first of all, supplications to be made, prayers, entreaties, thanks, for all men; For kings, and all them being in eminence; that we may lead a gentle and quiet life, in all devotion and gravity.

1 Peter 2:13-14

Be subjected to every creation proceeding from man on account of the Lord: whether to the king, as having superiority; Or to chiefs, as sent by him for the punishing of them doing evil, and the praise of them doing good.

Proverbs 22:8

He sowing iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his wrath shall be finished.

Galatians 6:7-8

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man should sow, that also shall he reap. For he sowing to his flesh of the flesh shall reap corruption; but he sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap eternal life.

Deuteronomy 19:18-19

And the judges sought out diligently; and behold, a witness of falsehood, the witness of falsehood testified against his brother; And ye did to him as he purposed to do to his brother: and put away evil from the midst of thee

Proverbs 1:29-31

For that they hated knowledge, and chose not the fear of Jehovah: They desired not for my counsels: and derided all my reproofs. And they shall eat from the fruit of their way, and be filled with their purposes

Proverbs 14:22

Shall they not go astray, seeking evil? and mercy, and truth to those seeking good.

Proverbs 17:13

He turning back evil, instead of good, evil shall not move from his house.

Hosea 8:7

For they shall sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: no stalk to it: the sprout shall not make flour: perhaps it will make, strangers will swallow it down.

Isaiah 65:12

And I numbered you to the sword, and ye all shall bend to the slaughter, because I called, and ye answered not: I spake and ye heard not; and ye will do evil in mine eyes, and in what I delighted not, ye chose.

Psalm 37:9

For they doing evil shall be cut off: and they waiting for Jehovah they shall inherit the earth.

Proverbs 6:12-15

A man of Belial, a man of iniquity, goes with perverseness of mouth. Pinching the eyes, speaking with the feet, teaching with his fingers; Perverseness in his heart, fabricating evil in all time, he will send forth strifes.read more.
For this, his destruction shall come suddenly; in a moment he shall be broken, and none healing.

Proverbs 12:7

The unjust are overthrown, and they are not: and the house of the just shall stand.

Malachi 4:1

For behold, the day coming, burning as a furnace; and all the proud and all doing injustice were straw: and the day coming burnt them, said Jehovah of armies, that it shall not leave to them root and branch.

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