Thematic Bible: Titles and names of the wicked


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Jesus answered, "You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me."

His people have been unfaithful to him; they have not acted like his children -- this is their sin. They are a perverse and deceitful generation.


some evil people have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities, saying, "Let's go and serve other gods" (whom you have not known before).

Lawless good-for-nothing men gathered around him and conspired against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man and could not resist them.



Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.





Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify, 'You cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death."



Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!"

A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.


Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?


One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land, and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.


"Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house.

And as for them, whether they listen or not -- for they are a rebellious house -- they will know that a prophet has been among them.



Do not sweep me away with sinners, or execute me along with violent people,





The sinful nation is as good as dead, the people weighed down by evil deeds. They are offspring who do wrong, children who do wicked things. They have abandoned the Lord, and rejected the Holy One of Israel. They are alienated from him.

You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.


Then I will teach rebels your merciful ways, and sinners will turn to you.



slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents,

(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)


For these are rebellious people -- they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the Lord's law.



By David. Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers!



Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! They have been knocked down and are unable to get up!



and said, "You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness -- will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?



For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.



But evil men will die; the Lord's enemies will be incinerated -- they will go up in smoke.


Put yourselves to the test to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you -- unless, indeed, you fail the test! And I hope that you will realize that we have not failed the test! Now we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong, not so that we may appear to have passed the test, but so that you may do what is right even if we may appear to have failed the test.


He said, "I will reject them, I will see what will happen to them; for they are a perverse generation, children who show no loyalty.


He said, "I will reject them, I will see what will happen to them; for they are a perverse generation, children who show no loyalty.


For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.


"Not a single person of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors!


But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.


The Lord shatters his adversaries; he thunders against them from the heavens. The Lord executes judgment to the ends of the earth. He will strengthen his king and exalt the power of his anointed one."


I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed any more. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning




I reported, "All of them are the most stubborn of rebels! They are as hard as bronze or iron. They go about telling lies. They all deal corruptly.


The Lord answered, "This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good."


But his master answered, 'Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn't sow and gather where I didn't scatter?


"My, how good you have become at chasing after your lovers! Why, you could even teach prostitutes a thing or two!






"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!




Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.




For these are rebellious people -- they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the Lord's law.


At whom are you laughing? At whom are you opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue? You are the children of rebels, the offspring of liars,


slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents,


The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, and you must say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says.'


At whom are you laughing? At whom are you opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue? You are the children of rebels, the offspring of liars,


Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.


For these are rebellious people -- they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the Lord's law.


"The rebellious children are as good as dead," says the Lord, "those who make plans without consulting me, who form alliances without consulting my Spirit, and thereby compound their sin.


For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.


Reach down from above! Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, from the power of foreigners,




Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.


and said, "You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness -- will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?


The sinful nation is as good as dead, the people weighed down by evil deeds. They are offspring who do wrong, children who do wicked things. They have abandoned the Lord, and rejected the Holy One of Israel. They are alienated from him.


The sinful nation is as good as dead, the people weighed down by evil deeds. They are offspring who do wrong, children who do wicked things. They have abandoned the Lord, and rejected the Holy One of Israel. They are alienated from him.


Indeed, O Lord, you have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob. For diviners from the east are everywhere; they consult omen readers like the Philistines do. Plenty of foreigners are around.




O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?


You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)


For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices, and pours it out. Surely all the wicked of the earth will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop."


The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.




They said, "John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets."






It looks on every haughty being; it is king over all that are proud."


Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.


Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.


For certain men have secretly slipped in among you -- men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe -- ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.


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