'Evil' in the Bible

But still, you have been in the right in everything which has come on us; you have been true to us, but we have done evil:

And I came to Jerusalem; and it was clear to me what evil Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in making ready for him a room in the buildings of the house of God.

And it was evil in my eyes: so I had all Tobiah's things put out of the room.

Then I made protests to the chiefs of Judah, and said to them, What is this evil which you are doing, not keeping the Sabbath day holy?

Did not your fathers do the same, and did not our God send all this evil on us and on this town? but you are causing more wrath to come on Israel by not keeping the Sabbath holy.

Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.

Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God by taking strange women for your wives?

Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, Who is he and where is he who has had this evil thought in his heart?

And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.

And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.

Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.

For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?

On that day, the Jews came together in their towns through all the divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, for the purpose of attacking all those who were attempting evil against them: and everyone had to give way before them, for the fear of them had come on all the peoples.

But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.

And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.

And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil?

And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.

And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.

And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.

And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.

There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.

What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;

He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.

He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.

Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.

Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?

If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand.

Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;

How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.

Why are you cruel to me, like God, for ever saying evil against me?

This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God.

How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?

If you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents;

The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.

Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.

And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.

If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.

I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him;

Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.

Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.

How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.

May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.

Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride.

Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.

Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.

And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.

For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil.

For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.

Go from me, all you workers of evil; for the Lord has given ear to the voice of my weeping.

If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.

That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.

Who has full knowledge of his errors? make me clean from secret evil.

For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.

Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.

For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.

In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

There the workers of evil have come down: they have been made low, and will not be lifted up.

Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.

Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.

Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.

My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?

If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.

They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.

Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?

Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil.