30 Bible Verses about Opposition, To Sin And Evil

Then Jesus entered into the Temple courts, and cast out all who were buying and selling there, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold pigeons. "It is written," he said, "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves."

Presently they reached Jerusalem, and, after entering the Temple courts, Jesus began to drive out those who were buying and selling there, and to upset the tables of the money-changers, and the stalls of those who sold doves, and he would not allow any one to carry a vessel through the Temple courts, Then he began to teach.

Then Jesus went into the Temple and began to drive out dealers, saying, "It is written, ??he house of God shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers."

There he found in the temple those who were selling cattle and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting there. So he plaited a scourge of rushes, and drove all out of the temple??oth the sheep and oxen. He began to pour out the coins of the money-changers, and to overturn their tables, and said to those who were selling doves. "Take these things away! Make not my Father's house a house of trade!read more.
His disciples recalled that it is written, The zeal of thine house will devour me.

But he gives more and more grace. therefore it is said, God ever resists the proud; but to the humble he gives grace continually.

You younger men must submit to the presbyters; and all of you must put on the garment of humility and serve one another, for God resists the haughty, But gives grace to the humble.

Repent; if you do not I will very soon come to you, and will make war upon them with the sword of my mouth.

So slay your baser inclinations. fornication, impurity, appetite, unnatural desires, and the greed which is idolatry.

And if your eye, your right eye, entices you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to lose one of your bodily organs, than to have your whole body go down into the pit. And if your right hand entices you into sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of your bodily organs, than to have your whole body go down into the pit.

for if you go on living according to the flesh, you are on the road to die; but if by the Spirit you keep putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

But when Cephas came to Antioch I resisted him to his face, because he stood self-condemned.

What have I to do with the judging of outsiders? Must not you judge those who are within the church, while God judges outsiders? Expel that wicked man from among you.

As for sexual vice and every kind of impurity or lust, it is unbecoming for you as Christians even to mention them;

It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and such immorality as is not even among the heathen??hat a man has taken his father's wife! Yet you are puffed up instead of mourning and removing from among you the man who has done this thing.

But I have this against you, that you are tolerating that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she is teaching and leading my slaves astray, leading them to practise immorality, and to eat food which has been sacrificed to idols.

And, behold, one of these who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and smote the slave of the high priest, and cut off his ear. Then Jesus said to him. "Put back your sword into its place! for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

But one of the bystanders drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

Then one of them did strike a blow at the high priest's slave, and cut off his right ear. "Permit me to do this at least," said Jesus, as he touched his ear and healed him.

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, and striking at the high priest's slave, cut off his right ear. (The slave's name was Malchus.) Then Jesus said to Peter. "Put up your sword in its sheath. the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?"

And when his disciples, James and John, saw this they said, "Lord, are you willing for us to bid fire come down from heaven and destroy them?" As Elijah did. But he turned and rebuked them and said,

But there were also some strolling Jewish exorcists, who took it upon them to invoke the name of Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by that Jesus whom Paul preaches." There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish high priest who used to do this. But the evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I have heard of, but who are you?"read more.
And the man in whom the evil spirit was sprang on two of them, overpowered them and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of the house naked and wounded.

For it is the will of God that by well-doing you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.

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

On the contrary, therefore, If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will be heaping burning coals on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but be overcoming evil with good.

Take care that none of you ever return evil for evil, but always pursue what is kind to one another and to all.

"Permit me to do this at least," said Jesus, as he touched his ear and healed him.

Jesus kept saying, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided his garments among them, casting lots for them,

His disciples recalled that it is written, The zeal of thine house will devour me.

Yet there were false brethren who had crept in to spy out the freedom we enjoy in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us again. To them we did not yield submission even for an hour, in order that the truth of the gospel might abide unshaken among you.

Rebuke offenders publicly, so that others also may take warning.