'Evil' in the Bible

“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil.

But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

so that you may be sons of your Father who is 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 lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’]

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

And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, “Why are you thinking evil in your hearts?

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil.

But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;

Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation.”

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.

and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother is to be put to death.’

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah.” And He left them and went away.

Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.

But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My master is not coming for a long time,’

And he said, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they kept shouting all the more, saying, “Crucify Him!”

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to be put to death’;

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”

But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.

But Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!”

Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.

At that very time He cured many people of diseases and afflictions and evil spirits; and He gave sight to many who were blind.

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

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

Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”

And he said to them the third time, “Why, what evil has this man done? I have found in Him no guilt demanding death; therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”

This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.

I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.

But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the people, he withdrew from them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out.

But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

And Paul said, “I was not aware, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,

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

There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek,

And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “Let us do evil that good may come”? Their condemnation is just.

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

I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same;

for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil.

Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be spoken of as evil;

Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but they are evil for the man who eats and gives offense.

For the report of your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved.

Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true;

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

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

Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.

in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision;

And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds,

Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.

Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices,

See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people.

abstain from every form of evil.

and that we will be rescued from perverse and evil men; for not all have faith.

But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.

he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,

For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.

But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.

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

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone.

have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives?

But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison.

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.

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

Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God.

not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.

For,“The one who desires life, to love and see good days,Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

“He must turn away from evil and do good;He must seek peace and pursue it.

“For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,And His ears attend to their prayer,But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.

I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

We know that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.

We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds.

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

‘I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false;