Thematic Bible: Titles and names of the wicked
Thematic Bible
Titles and names of the wicked » Perverse and crooked generation
so that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish in the midst of a [morally] crooked and [spiritually] perverted generation, among whom you are seen as bright lights [beacons shining out clearly] in the world [of darkness],
And Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”
“They (Israel) have acted corruptly toward Him.
They are not His children, because of their [moral] defect;
But are a perverse and crooked generation.
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of belial
that some worthless and evil men have gone out from among you and have tempted the inhabitants of their city [to sin], saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’ (whom you have not known),
and worthless (unprincipled, unethical) men gathered around him, useless and wicked men, who proved too strong for Rehoboam the son of Solomon when Rehoboam was young and timid, and could not assert himself against them.
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of disobedience
in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].
Because of these [sinful] things the [divine] wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience [those who fail to listen and who routinely and obstinately disregard God’s precepts],
Titles and names of the wicked » Evil men
But evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Do not enter the path of the wicked,
And do not go the way of evil men.
Titles and names of the wicked » Sons of belial
and seat two worthless and unprincipled men opposite him, and have them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
The sons of Eli [Hophni and Phinehas] were worthless (dishonorable, unprincipled) men; they did not know [nor respect] the Lord
Titles and names of the wicked » Wicked generation
Titles and names of the wicked » Generation of vipers
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the [divine] wrath and judgment to come?
Titles and names of the wicked » Wicked-doers
An evildoer listens closely to wicked lips;
And a liar pays attention to a destructive and malicious tongue.
Morning after morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land,
That I may cut off from the city of the Lord all those who do evil.
Titles and names of the wicked » Rebellious house
“Son of man, you live among a rebellious house, who have eyes to see but do not see, who have ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious people.
As for them, whether they listen or refuse [to listen]—for they are a rebellious house—yet they will know and be fully aware of the fact that there has been a prophet among them.
Titles and names of the wicked » Sinners
My son, if sinners entice you,
Do not consent.
Do not sweep my soul away with sinners,
Nor [sweep away] my life with men of bloodshed,
Titles and names of the wicked » Fools
The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence];
But arrogant
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Titles and names of the wicked » Seed of evil doers
Ah, sinful nation,
A people loaded down with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing],
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who behave corruptly!
They have abandoned (rejected) the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel [provoking Him to anger],
They have turned away from Him.
“You will not be united with them in burial,
Because you have destroyed your land,
You have slain your people.
May the descendants of evildoers never be named!
Titles and names of the wicked » Transgressors
Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted and return to You.
As for transgressors, they will be completely destroyed;
The future of the wicked will be cut off.
Titles and names of the wicked » Haters of God
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors [of new forms] of evil, disobedient and disrespectful to parents,
Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him and cringe before Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.
Titles and names of the wicked » Rebellious people
For this is a rebellious people, lying sons,
Sons who refuse to listen to
The law and instruction of the Lord;
“I have spread out My hands all the day long to a rebellious and stubborn people,
Who walk in the way that is not good, [following] after their own thoughts and intentions,
Titles and names of the wicked » Evil doers
Nor be envious toward wrongdoers;
or to governors as sent by him to bring punishment to those who do wrong, and to praise and encourage those who do right.
Titles and names of the wicked » Workers of iniquity
Do not drag me away with the wicked
And with those who do evil,
Who speak peace with their neighbors,
While malice and mischief are in their hearts.
There those who [are perverse and] do evil have fallen;
They have been thrust down and cannot rise.
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of the devil
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are clearly identified: anyone who does not practice righteousness [who does not seek God’s will in thought, action, and purpose] is not of God, nor is the one who does not [unselfishly] love his [believing] brother.
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and said, “You [Elymas] who are full of every [kind of] deceit, and every [kind of] fraud, you son of the devil, enemy of everything that is right and good, will you never stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?
Titles and names of the wicked » Servants of sin
Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, everyone who practices sin habitually is a slave of sin.
When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness [you had no desire to conform to God’s will].
Titles and names of the wicked » enemies of God
You adulteresses [disloyal sinners—flirting with the world and breaking your vow to God]! Do you not know that being the world’s friend [that is, loving the things of the world] is being God’s enemy? So whoever chooses to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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But the wicked (ungodly) will perish,
And the enemies of the Lord will be like the
They vanish—like smoke they vanish away.
Titles and names of the wicked » Reprobates
Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves [ not Christ]. Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you -- "unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected? But I hope you will recognize and know that we are not disapproved on trial and rejected. But I pray to God that you may do nothing wrong, not in order that we [ our teaching] may appear to be approved, but that you may continue doing right, [though] we may seem to have failed and be unapproved.
Titles and names of the wicked » Children in whom is no faith
“Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end shall be;
For they are a perverse generation,
Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.
Titles and names of the wicked » Froward generation
“Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end shall be;
For they are a perverse generation,
Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.
Titles and names of the wicked » Enemies of the cross of Christ
For there are many, of whom I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears, who live as enemies of the cross of Christ [rejecting and opposing His way of salvation],
Titles and names of the wicked » Evil generation
‘Not one of these men, this evil generation, shall see the good land which I swore (solemnly promised) to give to your fathers,
Titles and names of the wicked » Evil and adulterous generation
But He replied and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation [that is morally unfaithful to God] craves and demands a [miraculous] sign; but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah;
Titles and names of the wicked » Adversaries of the lord
“The adversaries of the Lord will be broken to pieces;
He will thunder against them in the heavens,
The Lord will judge the ends of the earth;
And He will give strength to His
And will exalt the horn (strength) of His anointed.”
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of wickedness
I will appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, so that they may live in a place of their own and not be disturbed again. The wicked will not afflict them again, as formerly,
Titles and names of the wicked » Unprofitable servants
Titles and names of the wicked » Grievous revolters
They are all the worst [kind] of [stiff-necked, godless] rebels,
Going around spreading slander.
They are [not gold and silver ore, but] bronze and iron;
They are all corrupt.
Titles and names of the wicked » Sottish children
“For My people are stupid and foolish,” [says the Lord to Jeremiah];
“They do not know Me;
They are foolish children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd [enough] to do evil,
But they do not know [how] to do good.”
Titles and names of the wicked » Wicked servants
Titles and names of the wicked » Wicked-ones
“How well you prepare your path
To seek and obtain [adulterous] love!
Even the most wicked of women
Have learned [indecent] ways from you.
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of the wicked one
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of wrath
Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by the sinful self], indulging the desires of human nature [without the Holy Spirit] and [the impulses] of the [sinful] mind. We were, by nature, children [under the sentence] of [God’s] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind].
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of hell
Titles and names of the wicked » Serpents
Titles and names of the wicked » Servants of corruption
They promise them liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of depravity—for by whatever anyone is defeated and overcome, to that [person, thing, philosophy, or concept] he is continually enslaved.
Titles and names of the wicked » Cursed children
They have eyes full of adultery, constantly looking for sin, enticing and luring away unstable souls. Having hearts trained in greed, [they are] children of a curse.
Titles and names of the wicked » Children that will not hear the law of the lord
For this is a rebellious people, lying sons,
Sons who refuse to listen to
The law and instruction of the Lord;
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of transgression
“Of whom do you make fun?
Against whom do you open wide your mouth
And stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of rebellion (sin),
Offspring of deceit,
Titles and names of the wicked » Inventors of evil things
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors [of new forms] of evil, disobedient and disrespectful to parents,
Titles and names of the wicked » Impudent children
I am sending you to them who are stubborn and obstinate children, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’
Titles and names of the wicked » Seed of falsehood
“Of whom do you make fun?
Against whom do you open wide your mouth
And stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of rebellion (sin),
Offspring of deceit,
Titles and names of the wicked » Men of the world
From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world [these moths of the night] whose portion [of enjoyment] is in this life—idle and vain,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And they leave what they have left [of wealth] to their children.
Titles and names of the wicked » Lying children
For this is a rebellious people, lying sons,
Sons who refuse to listen to
The law and instruction of the Lord;
Titles and names of the wicked » Rebellious children
“Who carry out a plan, but not Mine,
And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
Titles and names of the wicked » Seed of the wicked
For the Lord delights in justice
And does not abandon His saints (faithful ones);
They are preserved forever,
But the descendants of the wicked will [in time] be cut off.
Titles and names of the wicked » Strange children
Stretch out Your hand from above;
Set me free and rescue me from great waters,
Out of the hands of [hostile] foreigners [who surround us]
Titles and names of the wicked » Vessels of wrath
What if God, although willing to show His [terrible] wrath and to make His power known, has tolerated with great patience the objects of His wrath [which are] prepared for destruction?
Titles and names of the wicked » Stubborn and rebellious generation
And not be like their fathers—
A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that did not prepare its heart to know and follow God,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Titles and names of the wicked » Enemies of all righteousness
and said, “You [Elymas] who are full of every [kind of] deceit, and every [kind of] fraud, you son of the devil, enemy of everything that is right and good, will you never stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?
Titles and names of the wicked » Children that are corrupters
Ah, sinful nation,
A people loaded down with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing],
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who behave corruptly!
They have abandoned (rejected) the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel [provoking Him to anger],
They have turned away from Him.
Titles and names of the wicked » People loaded with iniquity
Ah, sinful nation,
A people loaded down with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing],
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who behave corruptly!
They have abandoned (rejected) the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel [provoking Him to anger],
They have turned away from Him.
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of strangers
Most certainly [Lord] You have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob,
Because they are filled with influences from the east,
And they are soothsayers [who foretell] like the Philistines;
Also they strike bargains with the children of foreigners (pagans).
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of the flesh
That is, it is not the children of the body [Abraham’s natural descendants] who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are counted as [Abraham’s true] descendants.
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of iniquity
O Israel, you have [willfully] sinned since the days of Gibeah;
There they (Israel) stand!
Will not the battle against the sons of wickedness overtake them at Gibeah?
Titles and names of the wicked » Wicked transgressors
You, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,
Arise to punish all the nations;
Spare no one and do not be merciful to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah.
Titles and names of the wicked » Wicked of the earth
For a cup [of His wrath] is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams;
It is well mixed and fully spiced, and He pours out from it;
And all the wicked of the earth must drain it and drink down to its dregs.
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of this world
Titles and names of the wicked » Untoward generation
And Peter solemnly testified and continued to admonish and urge them with many more words, saying, “Be saved from this crooked and unjust generation!”
Titles and names of the wicked » Sinful generation
They answered Him, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.”
Titles and names of the wicked » Scornful, the
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit [down to rest] in the seat of
Titles and names of the wicked » UnGodly, the
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit [down to rest] in the seat of
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of pride
“He looks on everything that is high [without terror];
He is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job,
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of base men
“They are the sons of [worthless and nameless] fools,
They have been driven out of the land.
Titles and names of the wicked » Children of fools
“They are the sons of [worthless and nameless] fools,
They have been driven out of the land.
Titles and names of the wicked » UnGodly men
For certain people have crept in unnoticed [just as if they were sneaking in by a side door]. They are ungodly persons whose condemnation was predicted long ago, for they distort the grace of our God into decadence and immoral freedom [viewing it as an opportunity to do whatever they want], and deny and disown our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.