40 Bible Verses about wickedness
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Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
Woe to the wicked. Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds. When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
He said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into the midst of the ephah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth.
For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.
A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
LORD, do not grant the desires of the wicked. Do not let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.
Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
"There is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."
"Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you.
He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. The LORD, our God, will cut them off.
It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.
"I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible."
Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn't turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
For they do not sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the LORD's city.
unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith.
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.
From Thematic Bible
Fire » Illustrative of » Wickedness
For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
Wickedness » Characteristics of
For they do not sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who deal corruptly. They have forsaken the LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
Wickedness » Contrasted with the righteous
Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in the LORD.
The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.
suffering and distress, on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
Wickedness » What wickedness does
"Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you," says the Lord, GOD of Hosts.
For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
Wickedness » What is wicked
"'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? I, the LORD, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give 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. You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
Wickedness » Treasures of wickedness
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed? Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights? Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
Wickedness » A large amount
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Wickedness » The time when the wicked rise
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
Wickedness » What wickedness cannot do
There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.
Wickedness » How the land becomes full of wickedness
"'Do not profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
Wickedness » Nobody being established by wickedness
A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Wickedness » The plowing of the wicked
Wickedness » The lord hating wickedness
The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.
Wickedness » What lies in wickedness
Topics on Wickedness
Millennial Kingdom, Christ Crushes Wickedness
Isaiah 2:2-4It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
