'Evil' in the Bible

“You are blessed when they insult and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of Me.

But let your word ‘yes’ be ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one.

so that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

And do not bring us into temptation,but deliver us from the evil one.[For Yours is the kingdom and the powerand the glory forever. Amen.]

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts?

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

A good man produces good things from his storeroom of good, and an evil man produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.

But He answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

Then off it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that man’s last condition is worse than the first. That’s how it will also be with this evil generation.”

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.

the field is the world; and the good seed—these are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous,

For God said:Honor your father and your mother; and,The one who speaks evil of father or mothermust be put to death.

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.

So those slaves went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests.

“But his master replied to him, ‘You evil, lazy slave! If you knew that I reap where I haven’t sown and gather where I haven’t scattered,

Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.

For Moses said:Honor your father and your mother; andWhoever speaks evil of father or mothermust be put to death.

For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, promiscuity, stinginess, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”

“Don’t stop him,” said Jesus, “because there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name who can soon afterward speak evil of Me.

But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him about Herodias, his brother’s wife, and about all the evil things Herod had done,

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

You are blessed when people hate you,when they exclude you, insult you,and slander your name as evilbecause of the Son of Man.

But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is gracious to the ungrateful and evil.

A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

At that time Jesus healed many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and He granted sight to many blind people.

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary, called Magdalene (seven demons had come out of her);

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that man’s last condition is worse than the first.”

As the crowds were increasing, He began saying: “This generation is an evil generation. It demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

But the Lord said to him: “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil.

“He told him, ‘I will judge you by what you have said, you evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,

“This, then, is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

The world cannot hate you, but it does hate Me because I testify about it—that its deeds are evil.

I am not prayingthat You take them out of the worldbut that You protect them from the evil one.

God raised up His Servant and sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.”

As Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of a crime or of moral evil, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you Jews.

so that even facecloths or work aprons that had touched his skin were brought to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I command you by the Jesus that Paul preaches!”

The evil spirit answered them, “I know Jesus, and I recognize Paul—but who are you?”

Then the man who had the evil spirit leaped on them, overpowered them all, and prevailed against them, so that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.

“I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest,” replied Paul. “For it is written, You must not speak evil of a ruler of your people.”

The shouting grew loud, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party got up and argued vehemently: “We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

Then they said to him, “We haven’t received any letters about you from Judea. None of the brothers has come and reported or spoken anything evil about you.

They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

slanderers, God-haters, arrogant, proud, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,

affliction and distress for every human being who does evil, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek;

And why not say, just as some people slanderously claim we say, “Let us do what is evil so that good may come”? Their condemnation is deserved!

For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do.

So I discover this principle: When I want to do what is good, evil is with me.

Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Try to do what is honorable in everyone’s eyes.

Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.

The report of your obedience has reached everyone. Therefore I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good, yet innocent about what is evil.

Therefore, let us observe the feast, not with old yeast or with the yeast of malice and evil but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

But God judges outsiders. Put away the evil person from among yourselves.

Now these things became examples for us, so that we will not desire evil things as they did.

Brothers, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.

who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

This is why you must take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand.

In every situation take the shield of faith,and with it you will be able to extinguishall the flaming arrows of the evil one.

Watch out for “dogs,” watch out for evil workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh.

Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds because of your evil actions.

Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

Stay away from every kind of evil.

and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not all have faith.

But the Lord is faithful; He will strengthen and guard you from the evil one.

he is conceited, understanding nothing, but has a sick interest in disputes and arguments over words. From these come envy, quarreling, slander, evil suspicions,

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil work and will bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

One of their very own prophets said,Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.

Watch out, brothers, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God.

But solid food is for the mature—for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.

let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God.” For God is not tempted by evil, and He Himself doesn’t tempt anyone.

But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you.

haven’t you discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

For where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that in a case where they speak against you as those who do what is evil, they will, by observing your good works, glorify God on the day of visitation.

or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good.

As God’s slaves, live as free people, but don’t use your freedom as a way to conceal evil.

not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you can inherit a blessing.

For the one who wants to love lifeand to see good daysmust keep his tongue from eviland his lips from speaking deceit,

and he must turn away from eviland do what is good.He must seek peace and pursue it,

because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteousand His ears are open to their request.But the face of the Lord is againstthose who do what is evil.

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

By these He has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires.

I am writing to you, fathers,because you have come to knowthe One who is from the beginning.I am writing to you, young men,because you have had victory over the evil one.