'Evil' in the Bible

Indeed, you aren't a God who delights in wickedness; evil will never dwell with you.

Get away from me, all of you who practice evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.

if I have rewarded those who did me good with evil, if I have plundered my enemy without justification,

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. For you are the righteous God who discerns the inner thoughts.

But the wicked one travails with evil, he conceives malice and gives birth to lies.

Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; so that when you seek out his wickedness you will find it no more.

Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit evil deeds; not one of them practices what is good.

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on the LORD.

The one who does not slander with his tongue, who does no evil to his neighbor, and who does not destroy his friend's reputation.

Though they plot evil against you and devise schemes, they will not succeed.

For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of those who practice of evil has encircled me. They gouged my hands and my feet.

I hate the company of those who practice evil, nor do I sit with the wicked.

When those who practice evil, my enemies, and my oppressors come near me to devour my flesh, they stumble and fall.

For he will conceal me in his shelter on the day of evil; He will hide me in a secluded chamber within his tent; He will place me on a high rock.

Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who practice iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while harboring evil in their hearts.

Reward them according to their deeds; according to the evil of their actions. Reward them based on what they do; give them what they deserve.

Then keep your tongue from doing evil and your lips from spreading lies.

Avoid evil and do good! Seek peace and pursue it!

The face of the LORD is set against those who do evil, and he will remove people's recollection of them from the earth.

Evil will kill the wicked; those who hate the righteous will be held guilty.

Let those who seek my life be ashamed and disgraced; let those who plot evil against me be driven back and confounded.

They paid me back evil for good; my soul mourns.

Instead, let those who gloat over the evil directed against me be ashamed and confounded together; Let those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and dishonor.

He devises iniquity on his bed and is determined to follow a path that is not good. He does not resist evil.

There, those who do evil have fallen; They have been thrown down, and they cannot get up. Davidic

Don't be angry because of those who do evil, do not be jealous because of those who commit iniquity.

Be silent in the LORD's presence and wait patiently for him. Don't be angry because of the one whose way prospers or the one who implements evil schemes.

Calm your anger and abandon wrath. Don't be angry it only leads to evil.

Those who do evil will perish. But those who wait on the LORD will inherit the land.

Depart from evil, and do good, and you will live in the land forever.

They reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good.

May those who seek to destroy my life be ashamed and confounded; let them be driven backwards and humiliated, particularly those who wish me evil.

Blessed is the one who is considerate of the destitute; the LORD will deliver him when the times are evil.

Why should I be afraid when evil days come my way, when the wickedness of those who deceive me surrounds me

You give your mouth free reign for evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment.

Why do you make evil the foundation of your boasting, mighty one? God's gracious love never ceases.

You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking uprightly. Interlude

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on God.

He will turn the evil upon those who lie in wait for me. Cut them off with your truth.

because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the wicked. They bring down evil upon me, and in anger they hate me.

Day and night they prowl around its walls; evil and iniquity are within it.

All day long people distort what I say; all their schemes against me are for evil purposes.

Save me from those who practice evil; deliver me from bloodthirsty men.

Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the mob of those who practice evil,

They concoct an evil scheme for themselves; they enumerate their hidden snares; they say, "Who will see them?"

My God, deliver me from the power of the wicked and the grasp of ruthless practicers of evil.

In their mockery they speak evil; from their arrogant position they speak oppression.

no evil will fall upon you, and no affliction will approach your tent,

My eyes gloated over those who lie in wait for me; when those of evil intent attack me, my ears will hear.

He will repay them for their sin; he will annihilate them because of their evil. The LORD our God will annihilate them.

Hate evil, you who love the LORD! He guards the lives of those who love him, delivering them from domination by the wicked.

LORD our God, you answered them; you were their God who forgave them, but also avenged their evil deeds.

I will not even think about doing anything lawless; I hate to do evil deeds; I will have none of it.

I will not allow anyone with a perverted mind in my presence; I will not be involved with anything evil.

Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds.

He delivered them many times, but they demonstrated rebellion by their evil plans; therefore they sunk deep in their sins.

The upright see it and rejoice, but the mouth of an evil person is shut.

They devise evil against me instead of good, and hatred in place of my love.

Appoint an evil person over him; may an accuser stand at his right side.

May this be the way the LORD repays my accuser, those who speak evil against me.

who practice no evil while they walk in his ways.

I keep away from every evil choice so that I may keep your word.

Leave me, you who practice evil, that I may observe the commands of my God.

The LORD will guard you from all evil, preserving your life.

But for those who choose their own devious paths, the LORD will lead them away, along with those who practice evil. Peace be upon Israel. A Song of Ascents

who speak against you with evil motives, your enemies who are acting in vain.

Deliver me, LORD, from evil people, preserve me from violent men,

who craft evil plans in their minds, inciting wars every day.

Protect me, LORD, from the control of evil people, from violent men who have planned to trip me.

Let not the slanderer become established in the land. May evil quickly hunt down the violent man.

Don't let my heart turn toward evil or involve itself in wicked activities with men who practice iniquity. Let me not feast on their delicacies.

Protect me from the trap laid for me and from the snares of those who practice evil.