82 Bible Verses about Evil
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The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. *He* was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth--for there is no truth in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
In solemn truth I tell you that all their sins may be pardoned to the sons of men, and all their blasphemies, however they may have blasphemed; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, he remains for ever unabsolved: he is guilty of a sin of the Ages." This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."
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Activity » Evil » General references to
Alliances » Evil » Examples of heathen nations uniting in
Alliances » Evil » Examples of God's people seeking
Choice » Evil
So when the Governor a second time asked them, "Which of the two shall I release to you?" --they cried, "Barabbas!"
Companionship » Evil » A snare to jehoshaphat
Companionship » Evil » Corrupt good morals
Do not deceive yourselves: "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
Companionship » Evil » Injured lot
Companionship » Evil » A detriment to israel
Companionship » Evil » Devoured the strength of ephraim
Counsel » Evil
Days » A time of judgment called a day of » Evil
Therefore put on the complete armour of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground on the day of battle, and, having fought to the end, to remain victors on the field.
Desires » Evil
Among them all of us also formerly passed our lives, governed by the inclinations of our lower natures, indulging the cravings of those natures and of our own thoughts, and were in our original state deserving of anger like all others.
Evil » The reward for doing evil
Evil » Confess Christ » Thoughts
For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech.
Evil » Women evil women » General references to
But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before all the company, and so pleased Herod
Evil » Kiss » Put away
while you leave to God's judgement those who are outside? Remove the wicked man from among you.
Evil » Devices » General references to
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Vain talk condemned
For there are many that spurn authority--idle, talkative and deceitful persons, who, for the most part, are adherents of the Circumcision.
Evil » The whole » Imagination
Evil » Results of » Desires
Among them all of us also formerly passed our lives, governed by the inclinations of our lower natures, indulging the cravings of those natures and of our own thoughts, and were in our original state deserving of anger like all others.
Evil » Spirits » Cast out of men
The inhabitants, too, of the towns in the neighbourhood of Jerusalem came in crowds, bringing sick persons and some who were harassed by foul spirits, and they were cured, one and all.
This she persisted in for a considerable time, until Paul, wearied out, turned round and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out immediately.
Towels or aprons, for instance, which Paul had handled used to be carried to the sick, and they recovered from their ailments, or the evil spirits left them.
"O woman," replied Jesus, "great is your faith: be it done to you as you desire." And from that moment her daughter was restored to health.
Then Jesus reprimanded the demon, and it came out and left him; and the boy was cured from that moment.
Evil » Results of » Separation from evil associations, the duty of
Therefore, "'Come out from among them and separate yourselves,' says the Lord, 'and touch nothing impure; and I will receive you, and will be a Father to you,
But, by the authority of the Lord, we command you, brethren, to stand aloof from every brother whose life is disorderly and not in accordance with the teaching which all received from us.
Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against them;
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own property. But because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world--for that reason the world hates you.
Evil » Speech evil speaking » General references to
"Their throats resemble an opened grave; with their tongues they have been talking deceitfully." "The venom of vipers lies hidden behind their lips."
And the tongue is a fire. That world of iniquity, the tongue, is placed within us spotting and soiling our whole nature, and setting the whole round of our lives on fire, being itself set on fire by Gehenna.
Evil » Slander » False accusations, general references to
Evil » Alliances » Examples of heathen nations uniting in
Evil » Doers » Evil example to be shunned
You, therefore, dear friends, having been warned beforehand, must continually be on your guard so as not to be led astray by the false teaching of immoral men nor fall from your own stedfastness.
Be carefully on your guard lest there be any one who falls back from the grace of God; lest any root bearing bitter fruit spring up and cause trouble among you, and through it the whole brotherhood be defiled;
Evil » Departing from evil
Evil » Filled » Moral
Their hearts overflowed with all sorts of dishonesty, mischief, greed, malice. They were full of envy and murder, and were quarrelsome, crafty, and spiteful.
Evil » Alliances » Examples of God's people seeking
Evil » Confess Christ » Spirits, destiny of
and the Devil, who had been leading them astray, was thrown into the Lake of fire and sulphur where the Wild Beast and the false Prophet were, and day and night they will suffer torture until the Ages of the Ages.
He closed the entrance and put a seal upon him in order that he might be unable to lead the nations astray any more until the thousand years were at an end. Afterwards he is to be set at liberty for a short time.
"Then will He say to those at His left, "'Begone from me, with the curse resting upon you, into the Fire of the Ages, which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels.
For God did not spare angels when they had sinned, but hurling them down to Tartarus consigned them to caves of darkness, keeping them in readiness for judgement.
And angels--those who did not keep the position originally assigned to them, but deserted their own proper abode--He reserves in everlasting bonds, in darkness, in preparation for the judgement of the great day.
Evil » Way » General references to
"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad the road which leads to ruin, and many there are who enter by it;
Evil » Who shall have evil upon them
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Backbiting
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may not find you to be what I desire, and that you may find me to be what you do not desire; that perhaps there may be contention, jealousy, bitter feeling, party spirit, ill-natured talk, backbiting, undue eulogy, unrest;
Evil » What is evil
Come, you who say, "To-day or to-morrow we will go to this or that city, and spend a year there and carry on a successful business," when, all the while, you do not even know what will happen to-morrow. For what is the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, which appears for a short time and then is seen no more. Instead of that you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we shall live and do this or that." read more.
But, as the case stands, it is in mere self-confidence that you boast: all such boasting is evil.
Evil » Influences » Evil influences emanate from the unGodly
Evil » Social in the church » Generation
And with many more appeals he solemnly warned and entreated them, saying, "Escape from this crooked generation."
"O unbelieving and perverse generation!" replied Jesus; "how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here to me."
Then he goes and brings back with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they come in and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first. So will it be also with the present wicked generation."
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Talebearers condemned
Evil » Social in the church » In politics
But this has been so, in order that the saying may be fulfilled which stands written in their Law, 'They have hated me without any reason.'
Evil » Activity » General references to
Evil » Results of » Counsel
Evil » Doers » Warnings to
Evil » Sowing » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked
He who sows in the field of his lower nature, will from that nature reap destruction; but he who sows to serve the Spirit will from the Spirit reap the Life of the Ages.
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Warnings against
Let all bitterness and all passionate feeling, all anger and loud insulting language, be unknown among you--and also every kind of malice.
For "He who wishes to be well-satisfied with life and see happy days-- let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from deceitful words;
Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking.
And the tongue is a fire. That world of iniquity, the tongue, is placed within us spotting and soiling our whole nature, and setting the whole round of our lives on fire, being itself set on fire by Gehenna.
Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. The man who speaks evil of a brother-man or judges his brother-man speaks evil of the Law and judges the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are no longer one who obeys the Law, but one who judges it.
Evil » Speaking » Warnings against
Let all bitterness and all passionate feeling, all anger and loud insulting language, be unknown among you--and also every kind of malice.
For "He who wishes to be well-satisfied with life and see happy days-- let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from deceitful words;
Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking.
And the tongue is a fire. That world of iniquity, the tongue, is placed within us spotting and soiling our whole nature, and setting the whole round of our lives on fire, being itself set on fire by Gehenna.
Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. The man who speaks evil of a brother-man or judges his brother-man speaks evil of the Law and judges the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are no longer one who obeys the Law, but one who judges it.
Evil » Whispering » Evil whispering, general references to
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may not find you to be what I desire, and that you may find me to be what you do not desire; that perhaps there may be contention, jealousy, bitter feeling, party spirit, ill-natured talk, backbiting, undue eulogy, unrest;
Their hearts overflowed with all sorts of dishonesty, mischief, greed, malice. They were full of envy and murder, and were quarrelsome, crafty, and spiteful.
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Evil whispering, general references to
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may not find you to be what I desire, and that you may find me to be what you do not desire; that perhaps there may be contention, jealousy, bitter feeling, party spirit, ill-natured talk, backbiting, undue eulogy, unrest;
Their hearts overflowed with all sorts of dishonesty, mischief, greed, malice. They were full of envy and murder, and were quarrelsome, crafty, and spiteful.
Evil » Devices » Will be defeated
Evil » Social in the church » Fulness
Their hearts overflowed with all sorts of dishonesty, mischief, greed, malice. They were full of envy and murder, and were quarrelsome, crafty, and spiteful.
said, "You who are full of every kind of craftiness and unscrupulous cunning--you son of the Devil and foe to all that is right--will you never cease to misrepresent the straight paths of the Lord?
"So that you bear witness against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the Prophets. Fill up the measure of your forefathers' guilt.
Evil » Slander » Of Christ and his disciples
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they exclaim, 'See this man! --given to gluttony and tippling, and a friend of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions."
But the Pharisees maintained, "It is by the power of the Prince of the demons that he drives out the demons."
"We have found this man," they said, "an agitator among our nation, forbidding the payment of tribute to Caesar, and claiming to be himself an anointed king."
Here they brought forward false witnesses who declared, "This fellow is incessantly speaking against the Holy Place and the Law.
Evil » Slander » General references to
Evil » Zeal » Against » Manifested by evil men in pursuing their plans
as to zeal, a persecutor of the Church; as to the righteousness which comes through Law, blameless.
In all the synagogues also I punished them many a time, and tried to make them blaspheme; and in my wild fury I chased them even to foreign towns.
For you have heard of my early career in Judaism--how I furiously persecuted the Church of God, and made havoc of it;
"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you scour sea and land in order to win one convert--and when he is gained, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
Evil » Speech evil speaking » The tongue to be restrained
If a man thinks that he is scrupulously religious, although he is not curbing his tongue but is deceiving himself, his religious service is worthless.
For "He who wishes to be well-satisfied with life and see happy days-- let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from deceitful words;
Evil » Influence » Evil influence of unfaithful Christians
If your brother is pained by the food you are eating, your conduct is no longer controlled by love. Take care lest, by the food you eat, you lead to ruin a man for whom Christ died.
It is no good thing--this which you make the ground of your boasting. Do you not know that a little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough?
For if any one were to see you, who know the real truth of this matter, reclining at table in an idol's temple, would not his conscience (supposing him to be a weak believer)
A little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough.
Evil » Kiss » Partakers of
Then I heard another voice from Heaven, which said, "Come out of her, My people, that you may not become partakers in her sins, nor receive a share of her plagues.
You cannot drink the Lord's cup and the cup of demons: you cannot be joint-partakers both in the table of the Lord and in the table of demons.
Evil » Women evil women » Stir up strife
Evil » Words evil words of men » Works
Now you know full well the doings of our lower natures. Fornication, impurity, indecency, idol-worship, sorcery;
It is impossible for the world to hate you; but me it does hate, because I give testimony concerning it that its conduct is evil.
You are doing the deeds of your father." "We," they replied, "are not illegitimate children. We have one Father, namely God."
(For their lawless deeds were torture, day after day, to the pure soul of that righteous man--all that he saw and heard whilst living in their midst.)
Evil » Results of » Deeds
Now you know full well the doings of our lower natures. Fornication, impurity, indecency, idol-worship, sorcery;
It is impossible for the world to hate you; but me it does hate, because I give testimony concerning it that its conduct is evil.
You are doing the deeds of your father." "We," they replied, "are not illegitimate children. We have one Father, namely God."
(For their lawless deeds were torture, day after day, to the pure soul of that righteous man--all that he saw and heard whilst living in their midst.)
Evil » Kiss » Passions
that you be not overmastered by lustful cravings, like the Gentiles who have no knowledge of God;
Against such things as these there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their lower nature with its passions and appetites.
This then is the reason why God gave them up to vile passions. For not only did the women among them exchange the natural use of their bodies for one which is contrary to nature, but the men also,
For whilst we were under the thraldom of our earthly natures, sinful passions-- made sinful by the Law--were always being aroused to action in our bodily faculties that they might yield fruit to death.
Evil » Slander » Examples of
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!'
Evil » Pharisaic separation condemned » Choice
So when the Governor a second time asked them, "Which of the two shall I release to you?" --they cried, "Barabbas!"
Evil » Doers » Eye
The lamp of the body is the eye. When your eyesight is good, your whole body also is lighted up; but when it is defective, your body is darkened.
Evil » Kiss » The treacherous kiss
So he came, and going straight to Jesus he said, "Rabbi!" and kissed Him with seeming affection;
Evil » Kiss » Roots of
And already the axe is lying at the root of the trees, so that every tree which does not produce good fruit will quickly be hewn down and thrown into the fire.
These men--sunken rocks! --are those who share the pleasure of your love-feasts, unrestrained by fear while caring only for themselves; clouds without water, driven away by the winds; trees that cast their fruit, barren, doubly dead, uprooted;
Evil » Confess Christ » Spirits, many
But He rose to life early on the first day of the week, and appeared first to Mary of Magdala from whom He had expelled seven demons.
Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more malignant than itself, and they enter and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first.
For ours is not a conflict with mere flesh and blood, but with the despotisms, the empires, the forces that control and govern this dark world--the spiritual hosts of evil arrayed against us in the heavenly warfare.
"What is your name?" Jesus asked him. "Legion," he replied--because a great number of demons had entered into him;
Evil » Appearance of, to be avoided
But if any one tells you, "This food has been offered in sacrifice;" abstain from eating it--out of respect for him who warned you, and, as before, for conscience' sake. But now I mean his conscience, not your own. "Why, on what ground," you may object, "is the question of my liberty of action to be decided by a conscience not my own? If, so far as I am concerned, I partake with a grateful heart, why am I to be found fault with in regard to a thing for which I give thanks?" read more.
Whether, then, you are eating or drinking, or whatever you are doing, let everything be done to the glory of God. Do not be causes of stumbling either to Jews or to Gentiles, nor to the Church of God. That is the way that I also seek in everything the approval of all men, not aiming at my own profit, but at that of the many, in the hope that they may be saved.
But all believers do not recognize these facts. Some, from force of habit in relation to the idol, even now eat idol sacrifices as such, and their consciences, being but weak, are polluted. It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor superior to them if we eat it. But take care lest this liberty of yours should prove a hindrance to the progress of weak believers. read more.
For if any one were to see you, who know the real truth of this matter, reclining at table in an idol's temple, would not his conscience (supposing him to be a weak believer) Why, your knowledge becomes the ruin of the weak believer--your brother, for whom Christ died! Moreover when you thus sin against the brethren and wound their weak consciences, you are, in reality, sinning against Christ. Therefore if what I eat causes my brother to fall, never again to the end of my days will I touch any kind of animal food, for fear I should cause my brother to fall.
and to vie with one another in eagerness for peace, every one minding his own business and working with his hands, as we ordered you to do: so as to live worthy lives in relation to outsiders, and not be a burden to any one.
Evil » Where evil comes from
"Explain to us this figurative language," said Peter. "Are even you," He answered, "still without intellingence? Do you not understand that whatever enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterwards ejected from the body? read more.
But the things that come out of the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile the man. For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech. These are the things which defile the man; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile."
After He had left the crowd and gone indoors, His disciples began to ask Him about this figure of speech. "Have *you* also so little understanding?" He replied; "do you not understand that anything whatever that enters a man from outside cannot make him unclean, because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and passes away ejected from him?" By these words Jesus pronounced all kinds of food clean. read more.
"What comes out of a man," He added, "that it is which makes him unclean. For from within, out of men's hearts, their evil purposes proceed--fornication, theft, murder, adultery, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, reviling, pride, reckless folly: all these wicked things come out from within and make a man unclean."
For we know that the Law is a spiritual thing; but I am unspiritual--the slave, bought and sold, of sin. For what I do, I do not recognize as my own action. What I desire to do is not what I do, but what I am averse to is what I do. But if I do that which I do not desire to do, I admit the excellence of the Law, read more.
and now it is no longer I that do these things, but the sin which has its home within me does them. For I know that in me, that is, in my lower self, nothing good has its home; for while the will to do right is present with me, the power to carry it out is not. For what I do is not the good thing that I desire to do; but the evil thing that I desire not to do, is what I constantly do. But if I do that which I desire not to do, it can no longer be said that it is I who do it, but the sin which has its home within me does it. I find therefore the law of my nature to be that when I desire to do what is right, evil is lying in ambush for me. For in my inmost self all my sympathy is with the Law of God; but I discover within me a different Law at war with the Law of my understanding, and leading me captive to the Law which is everywhere at work in my body--the Law of sin.
Evil » Associations » Results of » Divine wrath
Evil » Those that call evil good
Evil » Not speaking evil
Let all bitterness and all passionate feeling, all anger and loud insulting language, be unknown among you--and also every kind of malice.
Remind people that they must submit to the rulers who are in authority over them; that they must obey the magistrates, be prepared for every right action, not speak evil of any one, nor be contentious, but yield unselfishly to others and constantly manifest a forgiving spirit towards all men.
Evil » What brings forth evil fruit
Just so every good tree produces good fruit, but a poisonous tree produces bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree good fruit. Every tree which does not yield good fruit is cut down and thrown aside for burning. read more.
So by their fruits at any rate, you will easily recognize them.
A good man from his good store produces good things, and a bad man from his bad store produces bad things.
"There is no good tree that yields unsound fruit, nor again any unsound tree that yields good fruit. Every tree is known by its own fruit. It is not from thorns that men gather figs, nor from the bramble that they can get a bunch of grapes. A good man from the good stored up in his heart brings out what is good; and an evil man from the evil stored up brings out what is evil; for from the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
Evil » Who strengthens the hands of evildoers
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » strange women
Evil » Who shall not have evil upon them
Evil » Those that pursue evil
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » Jezebel
Evil » Heart evil, characteristics of » Source of unbelief and covetousness
Their very eyes are full of adultery--being eyes which never cease from sin. These men set traps to catch unstedfast souls, their own hearts being well trained in greed. They are fore-doomed to God's curse!
see to it, brethren, that there is never in any one of you--as perhaps there may be--a sinful and unbelieving heart, manifesting itself in revolt from the ever-living God.
Evil » Associations » Results of » Misery
Evil » Results of » Misery
Evil » The lord creating evil
Evil » Those that eschew evil
Evil » Associations » Results of » Denial of Christ
But Simon Peter remained standing and warming himself, and this led to their asking him, "Are you also one of his disciples?" He denied it, and said, "No, I am not."
Now because it was cold the servants and the police had lighted a charcoal fire, and were standing and warming themselves; and Peter too remained with them, standing and warming himself.
Evil » Hating evil
Let your love be perfectly sincere. Regard with horror what is evil; cling to what is right.
Evil » Who desires evil
Evil » Associations » Results of » Defilement
Do not deceive yourselves: "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
Evil » Words evil words of men » Flattering
For, as you are well aware, we have never used the language of flattery nor have we found pretexts for enriching ourselves--God is our witness;
Evil » Evil communications
Do not deceive yourselves: "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
Evil » Heart evil, characteristics of » Stubbornness
Evil » Who brings evil to pass
Evil » Heart evil, characteristics of » Madness
Evil » Evil concupiscence
Therefore put to death your earthward inclinations--fornication, impurity, sensual passion, unholy desire, and all greed, for that is a form of idolatry. It is on account of these very sins that God's anger is coming,
Evil » Words evil words of men » Enticing
I say this to prevent your being misled by any one's plausible sophistry.
Evil » Words evil words of men » Hasty
Evil » Those that reward evil for good
Evil » Who evil shall not depart from
Evil » Who hates to depart from evil
Evil » What cleanses away evil
Evil » Who departs from evil
Evil » The root of all evil
For from love of money all sorts of evils arise; and some have so hankered after money as to be led astray from the faith and be pierced through with countless sorrows.
Evil » Who has an evil eye
Evil » Who digs up evil
Evil » Who evil pursues
Evil » Heart evil, characteristics of » Extortion and excess
"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you wash clean the outside of the cup or dish, while within they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Evil » Heart evil, characteristics of » Depravity
Evil » Associations » Results of » Parental shame
Evil » Words evil words of men » Irritating
Evil » Who the lord created for the day of evil
Evil » Who loves evil more than good
Evil » How people depart from evil
Evil » Not plotting evil
Evil » Where evil is
Which of you is a wise and well-instructed man? Let him prove it by a right life with conduct guided by a wisely teachable spirit. But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth. That is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits. read more.
For where envy and rivalry are, there also are unrest and every vile deed.
Evil » What is to hate evil
Evil » Associations » Results of » Apostasy
Evil » Words evil words of men » Irreverent
Evil » Words evil words of men » Proud
For, while they pour out their frivolous and arrogant talk, they use earthly cravings--every kind of immorality--as a bait to entrap men who are just escaping from the influence of those who live in error.
Evil » Who evil shall slay
Evil » Who hates evil
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » Zeresh
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » Delilah
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » Eve
Evil » Words evil words of men » Insincere
Thirsting for riches, they will trade on you with their canting talk. From of old their judgement has been working itself out, and their destruction has not been slumbering.
Evil » Words evil words of men » Malicious
For this reason, if I come, I shall not forget his conduct, nor his idle and mischievous talk against us. And he does not stop there: he not only will not receive the brethren, but those who desire to do this he hinders, and excludes them from the Church.
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » Job's wife
Evil » Instances of » In supporting himself
What soldier ever serves at his own cost? Who plants a vineyard and yet does not eat any of the grapes? Or who tends a herd of cattle and yet does not taste their milk? Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone? For in the Law of Moses it is written, "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." read more.
Is God simply thinking about the oxen? Or is it really in our interest that He speaks? Of course, it was written in our interest, because it is His will that when a plough-man ploughs, and a thresher threshes, it should be in the hope of sharing that which comes as the result. If it is we who sowed the spiritual grain in you, is it a great thing that we should reap a temporal harvest from you? If other teachers possess that right over you, do not we possess it much more? Yet we have not availed ourselves of the right, but we patiently endure all things rather than hinder in the least degree the progress of the Good News of the Christ. Do you not know that those who perform the sacred rites have their food from the sacred place, and that those who serve at the altar all alike share with the altar? In the same way the Lord also directed those who proclaim the Good News to maintain themselves by the Good News. But I, for my part, have not used, and do not use, my full rights in any of these things. Nor do I now write with that object so far as I myself am concerned, for I would rather die than have anybody make this boast of mine an empty one. If I go on preaching the Good News, that is nothing for me to boast of; for the necessity is imposed upon me; and alas for me, if I fail to preach it! And if I preach willingly, I receive my wages; but if against my will, a stewardship has nevertheless been entrusted to me. What are my wages then? The very fact that the Good News which I preach will cost my hearers nothing, so that I cannot be charged with abuse of my privileges as a Christian preacher. Though free from all human control, I have made myself the slave of all in the hope of winning as many converts as possible. To the Jews I have become like a Jew in order to win Jews; to men under the Law as if I were under the Law--although I am not--in order to win those who are under the Law; to men without Law as if I were without Law--although I am not without Law in relation to God but am abiding in Christ's Law--in order to win those who are without Law. To the weak I have become weak, so as to gain the weak. To all men I have become all things, in the hope that in every one of these ways I may save some. And I do everything for the sake of the Good News, that I may share with my hearers in its benefits.
Evil » Who rewards evil unto themselves
Evil » The time when your eye is evil
The lamp of the body is the eye. When your eyesight is good, your whole body also is lighted up; but when it is defective, your body is darkened.
Evil » Evil not dwelling with God
Evil » Heart evil, characteristics of » Fountain-head of all evil
For from within, out of men's hearts, their evil purposes proceed--fornication, theft, murder, adultery,
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » Herodias and salome
at which Herodias's own daughter came in and danced, and so charmed Herod and his guests that he said to her, "Ask me for anything you please, and I will give it to you."
Evil » Not seeking evil
Evil » Words evil words of men
Evil » Results of
Evil » Words evil words of men » Vain
Evil » Instances of » Paul, in refusing to eat what had been offered to idols
Therefore if what I eat causes my brother to fall, never again to the end of my days will I touch any kind of animal food, for fear I should cause my brother to fall.
Fulness » Evil
Their hearts overflowed with all sorts of dishonesty, mischief, greed, malice. They were full of envy and murder, and were quarrelsome, crafty, and spiteful.
said, "You who are full of every kind of craftiness and unscrupulous cunning--you son of the Devil and foe to all that is right--will you never cease to misrepresent the straight paths of the Lord?
"So that you bear witness against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the Prophets. Fill up the measure of your forefathers' guilt.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Evil
Influence » Evil » Instances of » Satan over adam and eve
Influence » Evil » Eve over adam
Israel » Under the judges » Evil » Bondage » King of syria » Twenty years
Thoughts » Evil
For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech.
Women » Dress of » Evil
But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before all the company, and so pleased Herod
Words » Evil » Flattering
For, as you are well aware, we have never used the language of flattery nor have we found pretexts for enriching ourselves--God is our witness;
Words » Evil » Enticing
I say this to prevent your being misled by any one's plausible sophistry.
Words » Evil » Hasty
Words » Evil » Irritating
Words » Evil » Irreverent
Words » Evil » Proud
For, while they pour out their frivolous and arrogant talk, they use earthly cravings--every kind of immorality--as a bait to entrap men who are just escaping from the influence of those who live in error.
Words » Evil » Insincere
Thirsting for riches, they will trade on you with their canting talk. From of old their judgement has been working itself out, and their destruction has not been slumbering.
Words » Evil » Malicious
For this reason, if I come, I shall not forget his conduct, nor his idle and mischievous talk against us. And he does not stop there: he not only will not receive the brethren, but those who desire to do this he hinders, and excludes them from the Church.
Words » Evil » Vain
Works » Evil
Now you know full well the doings of our lower natures. Fornication, impurity, indecency, idol-worship, sorcery;
It is impossible for the world to hate you; but me it does hate, because I give testimony concerning it that its conduct is evil.
You are doing the deeds of your father." "We," they replied, "are not illegitimate children. We have one Father, namely God."
(For their lawless deeds were torture, day after day, to the pure soul of that righteous man--all that he saw and heard whilst living in their midst.)
Zeal » Evil » For soul winning
Do you not say, 'It wants four months yet to the harvest'? But look round, I tell you, and observe these plains-- they are already ripe for the sickle.
For I could pray to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brethren, my human kinsfolk--for such the Israelites are.
Brethren, the longing of my heart, and my prayer to God, on behalf of my countrymen is for their salvation.
trying whether I can succeed in rousing my own countrymen to jealousy and thus save some of them.
Zeal » Evil » Manifested by evil men in pursuing their plans
as to zeal, a persecutor of the Church; as to the righteousness which comes through Law, blameless.
In all the synagogues also I punished them many a time, and tried to make them blaspheme; and in my wild fury I chased them even to foreign towns.
For you have heard of my early career in Judaism--how I furiously persecuted the Church of God, and made havoc of it;
"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you scour sea and land in order to win one convert--and when he is gained, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
Zeal » Evil » Unwise
Then Jesus charged them to tell no one; but the more He charged them, all the more did they spread the news far and wide.
But the man, when he went out, began to tell every one and to publish the matter abroad, so that it was no longer possible for Jesus to go openly into any town; but He had to remain outside in unfrequented places, where people came to Him from all parts.
But one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck a blow at the High Priest's servant, cutting off his ear.
For I bear witness that they possess an enthusiasm for God, but it is an unenlightened enthusiasm.
Topics on Evil
Abolish, Evil Things
Colossians 2:20If you have died with Christ and have escaped from the world's rudimentary notions, why, as though your life still belonged to the world, do you submit to such precepts as
Abounding, Evil Things
Matthew 24:12and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold;
Adding Evil
Matthew 5:37But let your language be, 'Yes, yes,' or 'No, no.' Anything in excess of this comes from the Evil one.
Affection, Evil
Colossians 3:5Therefore put to death your earthward inclinations--fornication, impurity, sensual passion, unholy desire, and all greed, for that is a form of idolatry.
Agreeing For Evil
Acts 5:9"How was it," replied Peter, "that you two agreed to try an experiment upon the Spirit of the Lord? The men who have buried your husband are already at the door, and they will carry you out."
Amusements, Evil Results
1 Corinthians 10:6-8And in this they became a warning to us, to teach us not to be eager, as they were eager, in pursuit of what is evil.
Attacked By Evil
Acts 18:10I am with you, and no one shall attack you to injure you; for I have very many people in this city."
Avoiding Evil
Romans 16:17But I beseech you, brethren, to keep a watch on those who are causing the divisions among you, and are leading others into sin, in defiance of the instruction which you have received; and habitually to shun them.
Being Evil From Youth
Mark 9:21Then Jesus asked the father, "How long has he been like this?" "From early childhood," he said;
Children Of Evil
Acts 13:10said, "You who are full of every kind of craftiness and unscrupulous cunning--you son of the Devil and foe to all that is right--will you never cease to misrepresent the straight paths of the Lord?
Christ's Authority Over Evil
Mark 1:23-27when all at once, there in their synagogue, a man under the power of a foul spirit screamed out:
Coming Out From Evil
Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice from Heaven, which said, "Come out of her, My people, that you may not become partakers in her sins, nor receive a share of her plagues.
Darkness Of Evil
Luke 22:53While day after day I was with you in the Temple, you did not lay hands upon me; but to you belongs this hour--and the power of darkness."
Demons, Evil Work Of
Mark 5:5And constantly, day and night, he remained among the tombs or on the hills, shrieking, and mangling himself with sharp stones.
Escaping Evil
2 Peter 1:4It is by means of these that He has granted us His precious and wondrous promises, in order that through them you may, one and all, become sharers in the very nature of God, having completely escaped the corruption which exists in the world through earthly cravings.
Eternal Evil
Mark 3:29but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, he remains for ever unabsolved: he is guilty of a sin of the Ages."
Evil And Freedom
Revelation 20:7But when the thousand years are at an end, the Adversary will be released from his imprisonment,
Evil Angels
Romans 8:38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither the lower ranks of evil angels nor the higher, neither things present nor things future, nor the forces of nature,
Evil Associations
Matthew 24:12and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold;
Evil Desires
2 Timothy 2:22Keep a strong curb, however, on your youthful cravings; and strive for integrity, good faith, love, peace, in company with all who pray to the Lord with pure hearts.
Evil Eyes
Mark 7:21-23For from within, out of men's hearts, their evil purposes proceed--fornication, theft, murder, adultery,
Evil Fleeing
James 4:7Submit therefore to God: resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
Evil For The Right Hand
Revelation 13:16And he causes all, small and great, rich and poor, free men and slaves, to have stamped upon them a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,
Evil Generations
Matthew 12:39"Wicked and faithless generation!" He replied, "they clamour for a sign, but none shall be given to them except the sign of the Prophet Jonah.
Evil Hearts
Romans 1:28And just as they had refused to continue to have a full knowledge of God, so it was to utterly worthless minds that God gave them up, for them to do things which should not be done.
Evil Passions
Colossians 3:5Therefore put to death your earthward inclinations--fornication, impurity, sensual passion, unholy desire, and all greed, for that is a form of idolatry.
Evil Principles
Romans 7:21I find therefore the law of my nature to be that when I desire to do what is right, evil is lying in ambush for me.
Evil Speaking
1 Peter 2:1Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking.
Evil Spirits
Luke 11:24"When a foul spirit has left a man, it roams about in the Desert, seeking a resting-place; but, unable to find any, it says, 'I will return to the house I have left;"
Evil Spirits Discernment
Mark 1:23-24when all at once, there in their synagogue, a man under the power of a foul spirit screamed out:
Evil Trapping
1 Timothy 6:9But people who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many unwise and pernicious ways which sink mankind in destruction and ruin.
evil, origins of
Revelation 12:9The great Dragon, the ancient serpent, he who is called 'the Devil' and 'the Adversary' and leads the whole earth astray, was hurled down: he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.
evil, victory over
Revelation 12:9The great Dragon, the ancient serpent, he who is called 'the Devil' and 'the Adversary' and leads the whole earth astray, was hurled down: he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.
evil, warnings against
2 Corinthians 6:14Do not come into close association with unbelievers, like oxen yoked with asses. For what is there in common between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what partnership has light with darkness?
Fire Of Evil
James 3:5In the same way the tongue is an insignificant part of the body, but it is immensely boastful. Remember how a mere spark may set a vast forest in flames.
God Delivering From Evil
2 Thessalonians 3:2and that we may be delivered from wrong-headed and wicked men; for it is not everybody who has faith.
God Makes Evil Rebound
Revelation 16:6For they poured out the blood of Thy people and of the Prophets, and in return Thou hast given them blood to drink. And this they deserved."
God's Intolerance Of Evil
Romans 1:18For God's anger is being revealed from Heaven against all impiety and against the iniquity of men who through iniquity suppress the truth. God is angry:
Growth Of Evil
Matthew 10:25Enough for the learner to be on a level with his teacher, and for the servant to be on a level with his master. If they have called the master of the house Baal-zebul, how much more will they slander his servants?
Hating Evil
Romans 12:9Let your love be perfectly sincere. Regard with horror what is evil; cling to what is right.
Ignorance Of Evil
Acts 3:17"And now, brethren, I know that it was in ignorance that you did it, as was the case with your rulers also.
Imagination, Evil Scheming
Romans 1:21For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened.
Inciting To Evil
Matthew 14:8So she, instigated by her mother, said, "Give me here on a dish the head of John the Baptist."
Knowledge Of Good And Evil
Romans 1:28-32And just as they had refused to continue to have a full knowledge of God, so it was to utterly worthless minds that God gave them up, for them to do things which should not be done.
Laying On Hands For Evil
Luke 22:53While day after day I was with you in the Temple, you did not lay hands upon me; but to you belongs this hour--and the power of darkness."
Let Evil Rebound
Revelation 18:6Give back to her as she has given; repay her in accordance with her doings, twice as much; in the bowl that she has mixed, mix twice as much for her.
Looking At People For Evil
Matthew 5:28But I tell you that whoever looks at a woman and cherishes lustful thoughts has already in his heart become guilty with regard to her.
Loving Evil
1 John 2:15Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, there is no love in his heart for the Father.
Not Imitating Evil
Matthew 23:3Therefore do and observe everything that they command you; but do not imitate their lives, for though they tell others what to do, they do not do it themselves.
Opposition, To Sin And Evil
Matthew 21:12-13Entering the Temple, Jesus drove out all who were buying and selling there, and overturned the money-changers' tables and the seats of the pigeon-dealers.
People Actually Doing Evil
2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the metal-worker showed bitter hostility towards me: the Lord will requite him according to his doings.
People Possibly Doing Evil
Revelation 7:2And I saw another angel coming from the east and carrying a seal belonging to the ever-living God. He called in a loud voice to the four angels whose work it was to injure the earth and the sea.
Present Evil Age
Galatians 1:4who gave Himself to suffer for our sins in order to rescue us from the present wicked age in accordance with the will of our God and Father.
Pride, Evil Of
James 4:16But, as the case stands, it is in mere self-confidence that you boast: all such boasting is evil.
Rejoicing In Evil
Mark 14:11They gladly listened to his proposal, and promised to give him a sum of money. So he looked out for an opportunity to betray Him.
Repaying Evil For Evil
Romans 12:17Pay back to no man evil for evil. Take thought for what is right and seemly in every one's esteem.
Separation From Evil People
2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, "'Come out from among them and separate yourselves,' says the Lord, 'and touch nothing impure; and I will receive you, and will be a Father to you,
Signs Of Evil
Revelation 13:13-14He also works great miracles, so as even to make fire come down from Heaven to earth in the presence of human beings.
Speaking, Evil
Romans 3:13"Their throats resemble an opened grave; with their tongues they have been talking deceitfully." "The venom of vipers lies hidden behind their lips."
Stopping Evil
Mark 5:29In a moment the flow of her blood ceased, and she felt in herself that her complaint was cured.
Subject To Evil
Galatians 4:3So we also, when spiritually we were children, were subject to the world's rudimentary notions, and were enslaved.
Taking Away Evil
Matthew 8:17in order that this prediction of the Prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, "He took on Him our weaknesses, and bore the burden of our diseases."
The Hearts Incination To Evil
Matthew 15:18-19But the things that come out of the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile the man.
Turning From Evil
1 Peter 3:11Let him turn from evil, and do good; Let him inquire for peace and go in pursuit of it.
Wages For Evil
Romans 6:23For the wages paid by Sin are death; but God's free gift is the Life of the Ages bestowed upon us in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Warnings Of Evil Associations
1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote to you in that letter that you were not to associate with fornicators;
Whispering Of Evil
Romans 1:29Their hearts overflowed with all sorts of dishonesty, mischief, greed, malice. They were full of envy and murder, and were quarrelsome, crafty, and spiteful.
