23 Bible Verses about Godlessness
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The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good. LORD looked down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God. They are all gone aside. They are together become filthy. There is none who does good, no, not one.
The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good. God looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who understood, who seek after God. Every one of them has gone back. They have together become filthy. There is none who does good, no, not one.
Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty. But none says, Where is God my maker who gives songs in the night,
The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, [says], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God. His ways are profane at all times. Thy judgments are far above out of his sight. As for all his adversaries, he puffs at them. He says in his heart, I shall not be moved. To all generations I shall not be in adversity.read more.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. He sits in the lurking-places of the villages. In the covert places he murders the innocent man. His eyes are secretly set against the poor man. He lurks in secret as a lion in his covert. He lays in wait to catch the poor man. He catches the poor man when he draws him in his net. He crouches, he bows down, and helpless men fall by his strong men. He says in his heart, God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.
The transgression of the wicked man says within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes. For he flatters himself in his own eyes, that his iniquity will not be found out and be hated. The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise [and] to do good.read more.
He devises iniquity upon his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He does not abhor evil.
The hypocrite destroys his neighbor with his mouth, but the righteous shall be delivered through knowledge.
Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who is LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and use the name of my God profanely.
For both prophet and priest are profane. Yea, in my house I have found their wickedness, says LORD. Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness. They shall be driven on, and fall in it. For I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, says LORD.
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can a reed grow without water? While it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, it withers before any [other] herb. So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish,read more.
whose confidence shall break apart, and whose trust is a spider's web. He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand. He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure. He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden. His roots are wrapped around the [stone] heap. He beholds the place of stones. If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee. Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others shall spring.
When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hides his face, who then can behold him? [It is] the same whether to a nation, or to a man, that the profane man not reign, that there be none to ensnare the people.
Wicked men shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever. Arise, O LORD, let not man prevail. Let the nations be judged in thy sight.read more.
Put them in fear, O LORD. Let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all irreverence and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him. This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before him.
For the company of the hypocrites shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
Know thou this of old time, since man was placed upon earth, that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment?
For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul? Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him? Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
And if they be bound in fetters, and be taken in the cords of afflictions, then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. He also opens their ear to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.read more.
If they hearken and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. But if they do not hearken, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They do not cry for help when he binds them.
But to the wicked man God says, What have thou to do to declare my statutes, and that thou have taken my covenant in thy mouth, since thou hate instruction, and cast my words behind thee? When thou saw a thief, thou consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers.read more.
Thou give thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frames deceit. Thou sit and speak against thy brother; thou slander thine own mother's son. These things thou have done, and I kept silence. Thou thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself. [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes. Now consider this, ye who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath. I will give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Hear, ye who are far off, what I have done, and ye who are near, acknowledge my might. The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the profane. Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?
O Timothy, keep the entrustment, avoiding the profane babblings and objections of the falsely-called knowledge, which some men professing have missed the mark concerning the faith. Grace is with thee. Truly.
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written, The man who delivers will come from Zion, and will turn away impiety from Jacob. And this is the covenant from me to them when I will take away their sins.
