83 Bible Verses about Evil

For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

They do not sleep unless they have done evil. Their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.

A heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run quickly to badness,

Their feet run to do evil. They hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil. Ruin and destruction are on their highways.

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands).

They gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord (unanimously) (one purpose).

Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon gathered together. They and all their hosts came before Gibeon and camped. Then they made war against it.

Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish. Joshua killed him and his people, until he had left none remaining.

All the kings met at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

Eglon joined the Ammonites and the Amalekites. They defeated Israel and captured Jericho, the city of palm trees.

After this, King Jehoshaphat of Judah allied himself with King Ahaziah of Israel, who led him to do evil.

Do not run until your feet are bare and your throats are dry. But you say that it is useless. You love foreign gods and follow them.

Let there be an agreement between us just as there was between my father and your father. I have sent you an offering of silver and gold. End your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel that he may give up attacking me.

Jehoshaphat was wealthy and honorable. He became Ahab's in-law.

You go to Egypt for help without asking for my advice. You want Egypt to protect you. You put your trust in Egypt's military might.

I will destine you for the sword, and you will all bend down for the slaughter! I called but you did not answer. I spoke but you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me.

You have no use for knowledge and you refuse to respect Jehovah.

Whoever kills a bull is like someone who kills a person. Whoever sacrifices a lamb is like someone who breaks a dog's neck. Whoever offers a grain sacrifice is like someone who offers pig's blood. Whoever burns incense is like someone who worships an idol. People have certainly chosen their own ways, and they delight in detestable things.

The governor responded to them. He asked: Which of the two do you want me to set free? They shouted: Barabbas!

A prophet, Jehu son of Hanani, went to meet the king. He said to him: Do you think it is right to help those who are wicked and to take the side of those who hate Jehovah? What you have done has brought Jehovah's anger upon you.

Jehoshaphat was wealthy and honorable. He became Ahab's in-law.

Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good morals.

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom. The men of Sodom were wicked and sinned greatly against Jehovah.

Some foreigners among the Israelites had a strong craving for other kinds of food. Even the Israelites cried again and said: If only we had meat to eat!

Foreigners are using up your strength, but you do not realize it. You have become a gray-haired, old man, but you do not realize it.

Look, these women caused the Israelites, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor. Thus the congregation of Jehovah experienced the plague.

His wife asked him: Are you still holding on to your principles? Curse God and die!

After asking for advice, the king made two golden calves. He said: You have been worshiping in Jerusalem long enough. Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.

His young advisors said: This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying: 'Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less?' Say to them: 'My little finger is thicker than my father's body.'

The young men who had grown up with him answered: This is what you should tell them: 'My little finger is heavier than my father's whole body.

Do not cause me fear and anxiety. For you are my refuge in the day of disaster.

You put far away the evil day and cause the place of violence to come near.

For that reason, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, having done everything, to stand firm.

Wine is treacherous and never allows an arrogant man to rest. He never stays home. He has a large appetite like the grave. Like death he is never satisfied. He gathers all nations and collects all the people.

We all once lived in the lust of our flesh, indulging the desires (lusts) of the flesh and of the mind. We were by nature children of anger and violent passion, like everyone else.

Some foreigners among the Israelites had a strong craving for other kinds of food. Even the Israelites cried again and said: If only we had meat to eat!

The wicked person desires evil. His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

The leach has two daughters. Each cry: Give, Give! There are three things that are never satisfied, yes; even four things never say: It is enough!

The people of Israel and Judah have made me furious because they are evil. The people, their kings and officials, their priests and prophets, and the Judeans and those who live in Jerusalem have turned their backs, not their faces to me. I taught them again and again, but they refused to listen and learn. They set up their detestable idols in the Temple that is called by my name, and they dishonored it. read more.
In the valley of Ben Hinnom they built worship sites for Baal to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech. I did not ask them to do this. It never entered my heart (mind). I did not make Judah sin.' You have said this about the city: Because of wars, famines, and plagues it will be handed over to the king of Babylon. Jehovah the God of Israel says:

But as for you who forsake Jehovah and forget my holy mountain, which spread a table for the God of Fortune (Babylonian diety) and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny, I will destine you for the sword, and you will all bend down for the slaughter! I called but you did not answer. I spoke but you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me. Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame! read more.
My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit. You will leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse. The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name.

This is what Jehovah says: Heaven is my throne. Earth is my footstool. Where can you people build a house or resting place for me? I have made all these things. That is why all these things have come into being, declares Jehovah. I will pay attention to those who are humble and sorry for their sins and who tremble at my word. Whoever kills a bull is like someone who kills a person. Whoever sacrifices a lamb is like someone who breaks a dog's neck. Whoever offers a grain sacrifice is like someone who offers pig's blood. Whoever burns incense is like someone who worships an idol. People have certainly chosen their own ways, and they delight in detestable things. read more.
Therefore I will choose harsh treatment for them and bring on them what they fear. I called, but no one answered. I spoke, but they did not listen. They did what I consider evil. They chose what I do not like.

I know that after I die you will become thoroughly corrupt and turn from the way I have commanded you to live. In the days to come disasters will happen to you because you will make Jehovah furious by doing what he considers evil.

Jehovah said through his servants the prophets: Manasseh king of Judah committed detestable sins. He did more evil than all the Amorites before him. He enticed Judah to do evil with his false gods. Because of this,' says Jehovah the God of Israel: 'I will send such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of all who hear of it will burn. read more.
The line of Samaria and the weight of Ahab will be stretched over Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be washed clean as a plate is washed, and turned over on its face. I will discard the rest of my heritage. I will give them into the hands of their enemies. They will take their property and their goods for themselves. Because they have done evil in my eyes. They moved me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt till this day.' Even more, Manasseh killed many innocent men. He filled Jerusalem from one end to the other with blood. He also caused Judah to sin and do evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

Evil thoughts come from the heart! Thoughts about murder, adultery, fornication, theft, lying, and slander come from the heart!

O Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?

The thought of foolishness is sin. The mocker is an abomination to men.

When the seventh year, the year when payments on debts are canceled, is near, you might be stingy toward poor Israelites and give them nothing. Be careful not to think these worthless thoughts. The poor will complain to Jehovah about you, and you will be condemned for your sin.

They devise evil plans and say: We will commit the perfect crime. The thoughts and the heart of man are deep.

The mouth of the adulterous is a deep pit. The one who is cursed by Jehovah will fall into it.

Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? Among a number of nations there was no king like him. He was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But even he was made to do evil by strange women.

His wife asked him: Are you still holding on to your principles? Curse God and die!

It was Herod's birthday. The daughter of Herodias danced for him and pleased him.

When Jezebel massacred the prophets of Jehovah, Obadiah took a hundred of them, and hid them secretly in a hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water.

All the men of his city shall stone him to death. In that way you will remove the evil from your midst. All Israel will hear about it and fear.

If a man is caught kidnapping any of his brothers of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him violently or sells him, the thief shall die. You will purge the evil from among you.

The witnesses must throw the first stone to put him to death, and afterward all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

do to him what he planned to do to the other person. Get rid of this evil.

God judges those outside. Remove the wicked man from among yourselves.

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands).

He plans wickedness upon his bed. He walks on a path that is not good. He does not despise evil.

He who devises (plans) to do evil is called a troublemaker.

But they will answer, It is useless! We will live the way we want to. We will go our own stubborn, evil ways.

Surrender to Jehovah and wait patiently for him. Do not be preoccupied with an evildoer who succeeds in his way when he carries out his schemes.

There are many unruly (rebellious) men, vain talkers, and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision.

Dreams come with many efforts, trials and concerns. Fools speak with too many words.

Sin does not hide from a multitude of words. The wise controls his lips.

Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?

Would he reason with useless words, with speeches that have no value?

A heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run quickly to badness,

Jehovah smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: Never again will I curse the ground because of man, for the intent of his heart is evil from childhood. I will never again destroy every living creature, as I have done.

Those who seek my life lay traps for me. Those who are out to harm me talk about ruining me. All day long they think of ways to deceive me.

Then he said: Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his carved images? For they say: 'Jehovah does not see us! Jehovah has forsaken the land!'

Jehovah saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become. Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.

Wine is treacherous and never allows an arrogant man to rest. He never stays home. He has a large appetite like the grave. Like death he is never satisfied. He gathers all nations and collects all the people.

We all once lived in the lust of our flesh, indulging the desires (lusts) of the flesh and of the mind. We were by nature children of anger and violent passion, like everyone else.

Some foreigners among the Israelites had a strong craving for other kinds of food. Even the Israelites cried again and said: If only we had meat to eat!

The wicked person desires evil. His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

The leach has two daughters. Each cry: Give, Give! There are three things that are never satisfied, yes; even four things never say: It is enough!

Crowds came from the cities near Jerusalem. They brought sick people and people with unclean spirits and everyone of them was healed.

She did this for many days. This troubled Paul. So he turned and said to the spirit, I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her! And it came out that very hour.

Handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched his body were put on the sick and the evil spirits went away.

O woman, Jesus replied, your faith is great! Let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.

Jesus ordered the unclean spirit to leave the boy. It left him and the boy was made well immediately.

Therefore come out from among them and be separate (set off) (severed from them) (excluded from them), said Jehovah. Do not touch the unclean thing and I will receive you. (Isaiah 52:11) (Jeremiah 51:45)

Our friends, we command you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to keep away from all believers who walk disorderly and who do not follow the instructions that we gave them.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead reprove (expose) (convict) them.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. I chose you out of the world. The world hates you because you are not of the world.

They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.

Their throat is an open grave. They have practiced deceit with their tongues. The poison of snakes is under their lips. (Psalm 5:9)

His mouth is full of curses, deception, and oppression. Trouble and wrongdoing are on the tip of his tongue.

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit and he ceased to be wise and do good.

The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction).

There is nothing truthful in what they say! Their inward part is destruction. Their throat is an open grave. They flatter with their tongue.

He said to her: Stop making a drunken show of yourself! Stop your drinking and sober up!

And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying: 'There is a king in Judah.' Now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.

But stretch out your hand, and strike his flesh and bones and he will curse you to your face!

You have indeed exacted pledges from your family for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

When he came to Benjamin Gate, the captain of the guard there, whose name was Irijah, son of Shelemiah and grandson of Hananiah, arrested the prophet Jeremiah. He said: You are deserting to the Babylonians!

They gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord (unanimously) (one purpose).

Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon gathered together. They and all their hosts came before Gibeon and camped. Then they made war against it.

Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish. Joshua killed him and his people, until he had left none remaining.

All the kings met at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

Eglon joined the Ammonites and the Amalekites. They defeated Israel and captured Jericho, the city of palm trees.

You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, avoid being carried away with the error of the wicked and falling from your own steadfastness.

The nations I am chasing out did these disgusting things. I hated them for it! So do not follow their example.

I said to their children in the desert: Do not live by the laws of your ancestors. Do not obey their rules or dishonor yourselves with their disgusting idols.

Do not befriend an angry man. Do not associate with a man who throws fits. If you do you will learn his ways and you will become trapped.

See that no one misses the grace of God; that no bitter root spring up to cause trouble and defile many.

Do not enter the path of the wicked. Do not walk in the way of evil men. Avoid it! Do not pass by it. Turn away from it, and pass on!

Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil.

Do not think you are wise enough. Respect Jehovah and turn away from evil.

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

To man he said: 'Respect for Jehovah is wisdom! To stay away from evil is understanding.'

They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,

The rich men are full of violence! Her inhabitants speak lies. Their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

God saw how corrupt the earth had become. All the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

The tables are covered with vomit and there is no spot without filth.

They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

After this, King Jehoshaphat of Judah allied himself with King Ahaziah of Israel, who led him to do evil.

Do not run until your feet are bare and your throats are dry. But you say that it is useless. You love foreign gods and follow them.

Let there be an agreement between us just as there was between my father and your father. I have sent you an offering of silver and gold. End your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel that he may give up attacking me.

Jehoshaphat was wealthy and honorable. He became Ahab's in-law.

You go to Egypt for help without asking for my advice. You want Egypt to protect you. You put your trust in Egypt's military might.

The devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are, and will be tormented day and night forever.

He hurled him into the bottomless pit, and shut it and sealed it over him. He could not deceive the nations anymore till the thousand years ended. After that he must be let loose for a little while.

Then he will tell those on his left: 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the ever-burning fire that is prepared for the Devil and his [fallen] angels.

God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to captivity in pits of darkness reserved for judgment!

Angels who did not keep their position left their proper habitation. He has kept them in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes. He who listens to counsel is wise.

The wicked are crooked. They are devious in their ways.

They do not know the way of peace. There is no justice on their highways. They made their paths crooked. Those who walk on them will never know peace.

There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof is the way of death.

Enter through the narrow gate, since the gate to destruction is wide and the road that leads to destruction is wide and many enter through it.

You felt sure of yourself in your evil. You thought that no one could see you. Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray. Then you said to yourself: 'I am God! There is no one else like me.' Disaster will come upon you, and none of your magic can stop it. Ruin will come on you suddenly, ruin you never dreamed of!

I know that after I die you will become thoroughly corrupt and turn from the way I have commanded you to live. In the days to come disasters will happen to you because you will make Jehovah furious by doing what he considers evil.

Jehovah said through his servants the prophets: Manasseh king of Judah committed detestable sins. He did more evil than all the Amorites before him. He enticed Judah to do evil with his false gods. Because of this,' says Jehovah the God of Israel: 'I will send such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of all who hear of it will burn. read more.
The line of Samaria and the weight of Ahab will be stretched over Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be washed clean as a plate is washed, and turned over on its face. I will discard the rest of my heritage. I will give them into the hands of their enemies. They will take their property and their goods for themselves. Because they have done evil in my eyes. They moved me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt till this day.' Even more, Manasseh killed many innocent men. He filled Jerusalem from one end to the other with blood. He also caused Judah to sin and do evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

This is what Jehovah says: I am going to bring disaster on this place and on the people living here. This is according to everything written in the book that the king of Judah has read. I will do this because they abandoned me. They sacrificed to other gods in order to make me furious. Therefore, my burning anger against this place will never be extinguished.'

This is what Jehovah says: 'I am going to bring disaster on this place and on the people living here. This is according to the curses written in the book that was read to the king of Judah. I will do this because they have abandoned me. They have sacrificed to other gods in order to make me furious. Therefore, my anger will be poured on this place and it will not be extinguished.'

I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor. I will not tolerate anyone with a conceited look or arrogant heart.

The north wind drives away rain. So does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

I am afraid that I may come and find you different from what I want you to be, and that you may find me different from what you want me to be. I fear that there may be rivalry, jealousy, hot tempers, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

The one who does not malign with his tongue, do evil to a friend, or bring disgrace on his neighbor or close friend.

You sit and talk against your own brother. You slander your own mother's son.

Come now, you that say, Today or tomorrow we will go to this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and make profit. You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor (puff of air) that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. You should say, If God wills, we should both live, and do this or that. read more.
You glory in your conceit. Such glory is evil.

Jehovah smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: Never again will I curse the ground because of man, for the intent of his heart is evil from childhood. I will never again destroy every living creature, as I have done.

My people have done two things wrong: (l) They have abandoned me, the fountain (source) of living waters. They have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. (Revelation 4:11)

The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately corrupt. Who can understand it? I, Jehovah, search the heart and examine the mind (inner man). I give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds.

As for a rogue, his weapons are evil. He devises wicked schemes to destroy the afflicted with slander, even though the needy one speaks what is right.

No one else devoted himself so completely to doing wrong in Jehovah's sight as Ahab all at the urging of his wife Jezebel.

He followed the wicked example of King Ahab and the other kings of Israel. He married one of Ahab's daughters. He sinned against Jehovah.

When Solomon was old he allowed his heart to be turned away to other gods by his wives. His heart was no longer true to Jehovah his God as the heart of his father David had been.

But Elymas the sorcerer opposed them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

This is what Jehovah of Hosts says about the prophets: I will give them wormwood to eat and poison to drink. The prophets of Jerusalem have spread godlessness throughout the land.

He gave a thorough witness with many words and exhorted them, saying: Save yourselves from this indecent generation.

They have corrupted themselves; they are not His sons. They are a blemished, crooked and perverse generation.

Jesus answered: O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and put up with you? Bring your son to me.

Then it takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself. They enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. It will also be like this with this evil generation.

There is a generation pure in their own eyes, and yet not washed from their filthiness.

Never gossip. Never endanger your neighbor's life. I am Jehovah.

He who covers a transgression seeks love but he who gossips breaks up friendships.

Without wood the fire goes out. Without a talebearer strife ceases.

A talebearer reveals secrets. He that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.

The words of a talebearer cause wounds. They plunge down to the innermost parts.

This took place that the word written in the Law may be fulfilled: They hated me without a cause.

I am devastated because they pay me back with evil instead of good.

They pay me back with evil instead of good, and they accuse me because I try to do what is good.

They reward me with evil instead of good and with hatred instead of love.

Offer evil for good and evil will not depart from your house.

For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

They do not sleep unless they have done evil. Their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.

A heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run quickly to badness,

Their feet run to do evil. They hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil. Ruin and destruction are on their highways.

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands).

Look, these women caused the Israelites, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor. Thus the congregation of Jehovah experienced the plague.

His wife asked him: Are you still holding on to your principles? Curse God and die!

After asking for advice, the king made two golden calves. He said: You have been worshiping in Jerusalem long enough. Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.

His young advisors said: This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying: 'Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less?' Say to them: 'My little finger is thicker than my father's body.'

The young men who had grown up with him answered: This is what you should tell them: 'My little finger is heavier than my father's whole body.

Depart from me, evildoers, that I may observe the commandments of my God.

Jehovah confronts those who do evil in order to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

For evildoers will be destroyed, but those who wait for Jehovah will inherit the land.

Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness?

That is why Jehovah did not rejoice in their young people, nor show compassion to their orphans and widows. Everyone was godless and an evildoer, and every mouth spoke wickedness (foolishness) (vileness). In all this his anger has not turned away. His hand is stretched out still (ready to apply his power).

When I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery, they gathered its harvest.

The people of Israel plant the wind, but they harvest a storm. A field of grain that does not ripen will never produce any grain. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would eat it all.

He who sows unrighteousness will reap vanity. The rod of his anger will fail.

He that sows to his own flesh will harvest corruption of the flesh. But he that sows to the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.

Fraud is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and screaming, and abusive speech, be put away (removed) (expiated) from you, along with all malice.

Whoever would love life and see good days should keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Put away all badness and all deception, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil talk.

The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction).

Brothers, do not speak against each other. He who speaks against a brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and screaming, and abusive speech, be put away (removed) (expiated) from you, along with all malice.

Whoever would love life and see good days should keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Put away all badness and all deception, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil talk.

The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction).

Brothers, do not speak against each other. He who speaks against a brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

I am afraid that I may come and find you different from what I want you to be, and that you may find me different from what you want me to be. I fear that there may be rivalry, jealousy, hot tempers, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,

A perverse man sows discord. A whisperer separates good friends.

All who hate me whisper together (gossip) against me; against me they devise my hurt, saying:

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts.

I am afraid that I may come and find you different from what I want you to be, and that you may find me different from what you want me to be. I fear that there may be rivalry, jealousy, hot tempers, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,

A perverse man sows discord. A whisperer separates good friends.

All who hate me whisper together (gossip) against me; against me they devise my hurt, saying:

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts.

A heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run quickly to badness,

A good man obtains favor from Jehovah. He will condemn a man of wicked intentions.

Jehovah nullifies the counsel of the nations. He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design that he had made against the Jews was to be turned against him. That he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.

He keeps shrewd (crafty) (cunning) people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully.

They shall come back here in the fourth generation. The iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.

They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,

And said: You child of the devil, full of all subtlety and mischief, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of Jehovah?

This evil is in all things that are done under the sun. There is one event that comes to all. The heart of the sons of men is full of evil. Madness is in their heart while they live. After that they go to the dead (die).

You witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up the (guilt) measure of your fathers.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'A gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Wisdom is justified by its actions.

The Pharisees complained: He casts out demons with the help of the ruler of the demons.

They accused him, saying: We found this man perverting our nation. He forbids payment of tax to Caesar. He claims to be Christ a king.

They brought false witnesses, which said: This man will not stop speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

Others mockingly said: These men are full of new wine.

I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor. I will not tolerate anyone with a conceited look or arrogant heart.

Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor. Do not trust any brother because every brother deals craftily (cunningly), and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

I have heard the whispering of many people, terror on every side, while they made plans together against me. They were plotting to take my life.

Truly a fool hides hatred with lying lips, and speaks slander.

A godless hypocrite destroys his neighbor with his mouth. The righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

I punished them in every synagogue and tried to force them to recant their beliefs. I was exceedingly mad against them. I persecuted them even in strange cities.

They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together.

You heard about the way I lived as a Jew. How I persecuted the congregation of God beyond measure. In fact I tried to destroy it!

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel on both sea and land to make one convert. When this happens, you make him twice as deserving of destruction in the trash fires of the valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna).

If any man thinks he is religious, while he does not control his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain (worthless) (useless).

Whoever would love life and see good days should keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from deceit.

He who keeps his mouth (watches what he says) keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips (speaks thoughtlessly) will have destruction.

He who guards his mouth and holds his tongue stays out of trouble.

If because of your food your brother is grieved, you do not walk in love. Do not allow what you eat to destroy the one for whom Christ died.

Your boasting is not good. Do you know that a little leaven ferments the whole batch of dough?

If any man with knowledge sees you having a meal from an idol's temple, will the conscience of the weak one be emboldened (encouraged) to eat food offered to idols?

A little leaven, leavens (ferments) the whole lump.

I heard another voice from heaven, say: Come out of her, my people, that you do not partake of her sins, and that you do not receive her plagues!

Do not be partakers with them.

You cannot drink the cup of Jehovah and the cup of demons. You cannot be partakers of the Jehovah's Table and of the table of demons. (Malachi 1:12)

He who greets him partakes of his evil works.

A foolish son is a disgrace to his father. A contentious wife is like drips from a leaky roof.

It is better to dwell on the corner of the roof than to share the house with a contentious (combative) woman.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share the house with a contentious woman.

Continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct,

The world has no reason to hate you. But it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.

For where jealousy and selfishness are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

You do the works of your father. They said: We were not born of fornication. We have one Father, God!

That righteous man that dwelled among them was tormented by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.

Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct,

The world has no reason to hate you. But it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.

For where jealousy and selfishness are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

You do the works of your father. They said: We were not born of fornication. We have one Father, God!

That righteous man that dwelled among them was tormented by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.

not in the lust of sexual desire like the nations who do not know God.

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have impaled the flesh with its passions and lusts.

For this cause God gave them up to vile affections for even their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature.

When we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.

John the Baptist came fasting and drinking no wine and you say he has a demon.

the Ammonite princes asked their master Hanun: Do you think David is honoring your father because he sent men to comfort you? Perhaps David sent his men to explore the city, spy on it, and destroy it.

Now suppose you take away everything he has. He will curse you to your face!

You sit and talk against your own brother. You slander your own mother's son.

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.

I will destine you for the sword, and you will all bend down for the slaughter! I called but you did not answer. I spoke but you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me.

You have no use for knowledge and you refuse to respect Jehovah.

Whoever kills a bull is like someone who kills a person. Whoever sacrifices a lamb is like someone who breaks a dog's neck. Whoever offers a grain sacrifice is like someone who offers pig's blood. Whoever burns incense is like someone who worships an idol. People have certainly chosen their own ways, and they delight in detestable things.

The governor responded to them. He asked: Which of the two do you want me to set free? They shouted: Barabbas!

coveting, wickedness, deceit, loose conduct, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.

The kindest and most sensitive man among you will become stingy toward his brother, the wife he loves, and the children he still has left.

Do not eat the bread of a selfish man nor desire his delicacies.

The lamp of your body is your eye. When your eye is clear your entire body is full of light. When it is evil your body is full of darkness.

How are you, my brother? Joab asked Amasa. He took hold of Amasa's beard with his right hand to kiss him.

The man would approach Absalom and bow down before him. Then Absalom would reach out and hug and kiss him.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

When he arrived he went straight to him and said: Master and kissed him.

Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: The day is coming when all arrogant and evil people will burn like stubble. On that day they will burn up and there will be nothing left of them, either root or bough.

The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

You will go up in flames like straw and hay! You have rejected the law of the holy God Jehovah the All-Powerful Holy One of Israel. Now your roots will rot, and your blossoms will turn to dust.

These men are hidden rocks in your love feasts when they feast (entertain) with you. They are shepherds that without fear feed themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by winds. They are autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots.