Blessed shall you be when men shall revile and persecute you, and falsely charge you with all manner of evil for your attachment to me.

but let your communication be, yes, yes; no, no: for whatever goes beyond this, is evil.

but I say unto you, don't return evil for evil; on the contrary, if any one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other likewise.

that ye may be the children of your father who is in heaven, for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

and let us not be left under temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."

a good man out of the good treasure produces good things: and an evil man, out of the evil treasure, produces evil things.

out of the heart proceed evil designs, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimony, slanders.

Jesus observing the people came crowding to him, rebuked the evil spirit, saying, thou dumb and deaf spirit come out of the child, never to enter more, it is I command it.

but Jesus said, do not oppose him: for no man can speak evil of me, at the same time he works a miracle by virtue of my name.

many that were tormented by evil spirits came likewise, and were cured.

a good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces what is good: and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart produces what is evil: for 'tis from the abundance of the heart, that the mouth speaketh.

at that very time, he cured several of their diseases and distempers, dispossessing evil spirits, and restoring sight to many that were blind.

and several women, who had been delivered from evil spirits and cured of their diseases: particularly Mary Magdalene, who had been dispossess'd of seven demons:

and forgive us our sins: since we forgive every one that has offended us. and leave us not under temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."

and this is the subject of their condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

for every one that doth evil, hateth the light, and shunneth the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

shall rise to the possession of life; and they that have done evil, shall rise to their condemnation.

the world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I plainly show, that their works are evil.

or aprons that had touch'd his skin, to the distemper'd, they were cured, and the evil spirits came out of the possessed.

but the evil spirit said to them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?"

Paul replied, I did not consider, brethren, that he was the high priest. it is indeed written, "thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people."

tribulation and anguish to every one that doth evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile.

and why may we not do evil, that good may come?" which is slanderously reported to be our maxim, by some, whose condemnation is just.

for the good that I purpose to do, I do not: but the evil which I resolve against, that I do.

I find then a settled custom, that evil is objected in my way whenever I have a mind to act well:

for before they were born, and had done neither good or evil, that the distinction which God had purposed to make might appear to be, not in consideration of their actions, but of his own free call,

Let love be without dissimulation. abhor that which is evil, adhere to that which is good.

Render no man evil for evil. mind such things as are approved not only by God, but by men.

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

do not for such a thing as meat, pull down what God has been raising. all things indeed are pure; but they become evil to him who by eating giveth offence.

your christianity is very well known in the world. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you as expert in that which is good, as unpractis'd in what is evil.

if I am thankful for what I have, why should I chuse to be evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

for we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ; that every one may receive the retribution, according as his actions in the body were either good or evil.

Don't allow any one to return evil for evil, but strive to do all the good you can to one another, and to all the world.

if it has the least appearance of evil, reject it.

themselves to temptations and snares, and to many foolish noxious passions, which plunge men into ruin and perdition. for the love of money is the root of all evil:

one of their own prophets said, "the Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies."

to speak evil of no man. to avoid contention, to be moderate and entirely inoffensive to all men.

Let no man under temptation, say, it is God that tempts him; for as he is incapable of moral evil, he can't influence any one thereto.

don't return evil for evil, nor calumny for calumny; on the contrary, bestow your benedictions, considering that your vocation obliges you thereto, as a means to obtain the divine blessing.

not acting like Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother: but why did he slay him? because his own actions were evil, and his brother's were virtuous.

we know that we are the children of God, and the rest of the world are subject to the evil spirit.

my beloved, don't imitate vice, but virtue. he that does good, is a child of God: he that does evil, is not acquainted with God.

I know thy works, thy labour, and thy patience, and that thou canst not bear those who are evil: thou hast tried those who say they are apostles, but are not; and hast found them lyars:

As for the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues, they did not repent of their evil actions, so as to forbear worshipping demons, and idols of gold and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk: