15 Bible Verses about Malice

Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull),

So the chief priests planned to put Lazarus also to death,

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

Let us, therefore, celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; be infants in evil, but in thinking be mature.

Therefore, put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity.

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; be infants in evil, but in thinking be mature.

For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.

For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed him over.

And they sought to arrest him, but feared the multitude, for they knew he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard, and to provoke him to speak of many things, lying in wait for him, to catch at something he might say.

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

Therefore, put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

And the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.

For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because John had said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her." And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet. read more.
But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod, so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. Prompted by her mother, she said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist." And the king was sorry; but, because of his oaths and his guests, he commanded it to be given to her; so he sent and had John beheaded in prison.

So she went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist!" Immediately she came in with haste to the king and asked, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter." And the king was exceedingly sorry; but, because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her. read more.
And immediately the king sent an executioner and gave orders to bring his head. He went and beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men from the market place, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; they attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the people.

as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us, therefore, celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornications, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."

Therefore, put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a covering for evil; live as servants of God.

But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, depravity. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,

But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities, and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, "These men are Jews and they are throwing our city into an uproar. They advocate customs which it is not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice." read more.
The crowd joined against them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and ordered them to be beaten with rods. And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to guard them securely. Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, gossiping against us with evil words. And not satisfied with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.

So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, gossiping against us with evil words. And not satisfied with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.

And Herodias had a grudge against him, and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another.

And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him; then, dressing him in a gorgeous robe, he sent him back to Pilate.

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"