'Evil' in the Bible

The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”

“In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

The Lord God said, “Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.”

When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,

When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, He said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, even though man’s inclination is evil from his youth. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.

Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning greatly against the Lord.

He said, “Don’t do this evil, my brothers.

Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, and the Lord put him to death.

What he did was evil in the Lord’s sight, so He put him to death also.

No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, “Get up. Pursue the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?

You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people.