'Malicious' in the Bible

“You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Likewise, if anyone in hatred pushes a person or throws an object at him with malicious intent and he dies,

“But if anyone suddenly pushes a person without hostility or throws any object at him without malicious intent

“If a malicious witness testifies against someone accusing him of a crime,

“Keep an eye on Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim who is with you. He uttered malicious curses against me the day I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, and I swore to him by the Lord: ‘I will never kill you with the sword.’

You will be protected from malicious gossip, and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes.

“Have I rejoiced at the destruction of the enemy [who hated me],Or exulted [in malicious triumph] when evil overtook him?

Malicious witnesses come forward;they question me about things I do not know.

Malicious mockers they gnashed their teeth against me.

The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.He sets himself on a path that is not goodand does not reject evil.

Appoint a wicked man against him,And let an attacker stand at his right hand [to kill him].

The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the honorable,but destruction awaits the malicious.

A wicked person listens to malicious talk;a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

The Lord says, "I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.

At that time, when you call, the Lord will answer;when you cry out, He will say, ‘Here I am.’If you get rid of the yoke among you,the finger-pointing and malicious speaking,

For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.

Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem,so that you will be delivered.How long will you harbormalicious thoughts within you?

The LORD made it known to me, and so I understood. Then you showed me their malicious deeds.

‘The merchants among the people hiss at you [with malicious joy];You have become a horror and a source of terrors.You will cease to be forever.’”’”

“And as for you, My flock, thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats [between the righteous and the unrighteous].

Now at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and brought malicious accusations against the Jews.

Then he (Antiochus IV Epiphanes) will return to his land with great treasure (plunder); and his heart will be set against the holy covenant, and he will take action and return to his own land (Syria).

But Jesus, aware of their malice, asked, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?

acts of greed and covetousness, wickedness, deceit, unrestrained conduct, envy and jealousy, slander and profanity, arrogance and self-righteousness and foolishness (poor judgment).

and [pray] that we will be rescued from perverse and evil men; for not everyone has the faith.

Women must likewise be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things.

unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,

Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,

and not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother [Abel]. And why did he murder him? Because Cain’s deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.