For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

“How long, O naive ones [you who are easily misled], will you love being simple-minded and undiscerning?
How long will scoffers [who ridicule and deride] delight in scoffing,
How long will fools [who obstinately mock truth] hate knowledge?

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers:

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

A worthless man, an evil man, goes around with {deceitful speech}.

In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her will not be found innocent or go unpunished.

For my palate shall meditate the truth, and evil is the abomination of my lips.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he owe thee evil will: but rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

The foolish woman is restless and noisy;
She is naive and easily misled and thoughtless, and knows nothing at all [of eternal value].

The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

Evil will stirreth up strife; but love covereth the multitude of sins.

The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.

The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.

The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; and the hope of evil men perisheth.

With his mouth the evil man sends destruction on his neighbour; but through knowledge the upright are taken out of trouble.

By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.

Evil one suffereth when he hath been surety for a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

Evil people earn deceptive wages, but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded.

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.

If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellers of peace is joy.

There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

A wicked messenger falleth into evil; But a faithful ambassador is health.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,
And a man of evil devices is hated.

The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.

The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.

Correction is evil to him forsaking the way: he hating reproof shall die.

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

Better is a mess of pottage with love; than a fat ox with evil will.

Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah; But pleasant words are pure.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

An abomination to kings [is] doing evil, for by righteousness the throne will be established.

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.

He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good; and he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil.

To punish the innocent, and to smite the princes that give true judgment, are both evil.