'Evil' in the Bible

For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil.

He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;

Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;

Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:

Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.

Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.

I was in almost all evil in the company of the people.

His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.

A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

With his mouth the evil man sends destruction on his neighbour; but through knowledge the upright are taken out of trouble.

So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.

Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.

Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.

By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.

The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.

He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.

A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.

Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.

By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body.

The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.

It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.

For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.

For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.

As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste.

The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.

Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.

When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.

An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.

If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.

She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.