39 Bible Verses about Ungodliness

Do not give what is holy unto dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, - lest once they trample, them, down with their feet, and, turning, tear, you.

But, if, bound in fetters, they have been captured with cords of affliction, Then hath he declared to them their deed, and their transgressions - that they were wont to behave themselves proudly; Thus hath he uncovered their ear to a warning, and said - that they should turn from iniquity.read more.
If they would hearken, and serve, they should complete their days, in prosperity, and their years, in pleasantness; But, if they would not hearken, by a weapon, should they pass away, and breathe their last, no one knowing. Yea, the impious in heart, should store up anger, They should not cry for help, when he bound them.

They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command; They have set, in the heavens, their mouth, And, their tongue, marcheth through the earth. Therefore must his people return thither, And, the waters of abundance, are drained by them;read more.
And they say - How doth GOD know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

Of this, first, taking note - that there will come, in the last of the days, with scoffing, scoffers, after their own covetings, going on, and saying - Where is the promise of his presence? For, since the fathers fell asleep, all things, thus remain, from the beginning of creation.

But, in mine overthrow, have they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together, - There gathered themselves together against me foolish men, and I knew it not, They have torn in pieces, and not been silent; Amidst profane praters of perversion, have they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Be taking heed, therefore, lest that come upon you which hath been spoken in the prophets - See, ye despisers, and marvel, and disappear: in that, a work, am, I, working in your days, - a work, which in nowise will ye believe, though one relate it in full unto you.

Behold ye, among the nations, and look around, Yea stand stock still - stare, - for, a work, is being wrought in your days, ye will not believe, when it is recounted.

For, a base man, with baseness, will speak, And, his heart, will practise iniquity, - Practising profanity, And speaking, against Yahweh that which misleadeth, Emptying the soul of the hungry, And the drink of the thirsty, he causeth to fail; Yea, a knave, his weapons are wicked, - He, base schemes, hath devised To ruin the oppressed with speeches of falsehood Even when the needy pleadeth, for justice.

With the mouth, a profane man destroyeth his neighbour, but, through knowledge, shall righteous men be delivered.

And the word of Yahweh came unto Jonah son of Amittai, saying: Arise, get thee to Nineveh the great city, and proclaim unto it, - that their wickedness, hath come up, before me.

Knowing this - that, to a righteous man, law, doth not apply, but to the lawless and insubordinate, ungodly and sinful, irreligious and profane, smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers, murderers, fornicators, sodomites, man-stealers, liars, false- swearers, - and, if anything else, unto the healthful teaching, is opposed; - According to the glad-message of the glory of the happy God, with which entrusted am, I.

And, though Yahweh God of their fathers sent unto them through his messengers, zealously sending them, - because he had compassion upon his people and upon his habitation, yet became they mockers of the messengers of God, and despisers of his words, and mimics of his prophets, - until the mounting up of the wrath of Yahweh against his people, until there was no healing.

Why dost thou boast thyself of wickedness, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of GOD, lasteth all the day. Engulfing ruin, doth thy tongue devise, Like a whetted razor, working deceit; Thou lovest Evil more than good, Falsehood, more than speaking righteousness. Selah.

Yet, the people, have not turned unto him that smote them, - And Yahweh of hosts, have they not sought. Therefore hath Yahweh cut off from Israel - Head and tail Palm-top and rush, In one day. The eider and favourite, he, is the head, - And the prophet teaching falsehood, he, is the tail;read more.
And they who should have led this people forward have been causing them to stray, - And, they who are led of them are destroyed, For this cause, over their choice young men, will My Lord not rejoice, And on their fatherless and their widows, will he not have compassion, For every one of them, is profane and an evildoer, And, every mouth is speaking baseness, - For all this, hath his anger, not turned back, But still, is his hand outstretched.

For both prophet and priest, are profane, - Even in my house, have I found their wickedness, Declareth Yahweh. Therefore, shall their way become to them like slippery places in darkness, They shall be driven on and shall fall therein, - For I will bring in upon them calamity - The year of their visitation, Declareth Yahweh.

Or know ye not that, wrong-doers, shall not inherit, God's kingdom? Be not deceiving yourselves: - neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners - shall inherit, God's kingdom. And, these things, were some of you; but ye bathed them away, - but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified, in the name of ourLord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

Unto you also - being dead by your offences and sins, In which at one time ye walked, according to the age of the world, according to the prince of the authority of the air, of the spirit that now energiseth in the sons of disobedience, Among whom also, we all, had our behaviour, at one time, in the covetings of our flesh, doing the things desired by the flesh and the mind, and were children, by nature, of anger - even as the rest, -

But, of this, be taking note - that, in last days, there will set in perilous seasons; For men will be - fond of themselves, fond of money, ostentatious, arrogant, defamers, to parents, unyielding, unthankful, unkind, without natural affection, accepting no truce, given to intrigue, without self-control, uncivilized, unfriendly to good men,read more.
traitors, reckless, beclouded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but, the power thereof, denying! and, from these, turn away;

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, like Esau, - who, for the sake of one meal, yielded up his own firstborn rights;

Lo! the righteous, in the earth shall be recompensed, how much more the lawless and the sinner.

Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me. Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose; Consented not to my counsel, disdained all my rebuke,read more.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled. For, the turning away of the simple, will slay them, - and, the carelessness of dullards, will destroy them. Whereas, he that hearkeneth unto me, shall dwell safely, and be at rest, without dread of misfortune.

The curse of Yahweh, is in the house of the lawless one, but, the home of the righteous, he blesseth. Though at scoffers he scoffeth, yet, to the humbled, he granteth favour.

Alas! for Assyria, the rod of mine anger, - Yea, the very staff in their hand, is, my displeasure: Against an irreligious nation, will I send him, Yea against the people with whom I am wroth, will I command him, - To capture spoil And lay hold on prey, And cause them to be trodden down as the mire of the lanes. But as for him, not so, doth he deem, And in his heart, not so, doth he think, - For, to destroy, is in his heart, And to cut off nations, not a few;

Terror-stricken in Zion, - are sinners, Shuddering hath seized the impious, - Who among us can sojourn with a fire that devoureth? Who among us can sojourn with burnings age-abiding?

For there is being revealed an anger of God from heaven - against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who, the truth, in unrighteousness, do hold down; -

While, the heavens and the earth that now are, by the same word, have been stored with fire, being kept unto the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly men.

For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?

Though at scoffers he scoffeth, yet, to the humbled, he granteth favour.

And, if, the righteous man, is, with difficulty, saved, where then shall, the ungodly and sinful man, appear?

For - if, God, spared not, messengers, when they sinned, but, to pits of gloom, consigning them, in the lowest hades, delivered them up to be kept, unto judgment, - And, an ancient world, spared not, but, with seven others, preserved, Noah, a proclaimer, of righteousness, a flood, upon a world of ungodly persons, letting loose, - And, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, reducing to ashes, he condemned, an example of such as should be ungodly, having set forth, -read more.
And, righteous Lot, when getting worn out by the behaviour of them who were impious in wantonness, he rescued - For, in seeing and hearing, since he dwelt right among them, as a righteous man, he used to torment his soul, day by day, with their lawless deeds - Then the Lord knoweth how to rescue, the godly out of trial; but to keep, the unrighteous unto a day of judgment to be punished; - Most of all, however, them who go their way, after the flesh, with a coveting of defilement, and who despise, lordship, - daring! willful! before dignitaries, they tremble not, defaming,

Seeing that, Christ, we being weak as yet, seasonably, in behalf of such as were ungodly, died. For, scarcely in behalf of a righteous man, will one die, - in behalf of the good man indeed, peradventure one even dareth to die; But God commendeth his own love unto us in that - we as yet being sinners, Christ in our behalf died.

And, so, all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written - There shall have come out of Zion the Deliverer, - He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

So shall come in for Zion, a Redeemer, Even for such as are turning from transgression in Jacob, - Declareth Yahweh.

For the favour of God, bringing salvation for all men, hath shone forth, Putting us under discipline - in order that, - denying ourselves of ungodliness and worldly covetings, in a soberminded and righteous and godly manner, we should live, in the present age,

Dare any of you, having, a matter against his brother, sue for judgment before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless, - and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;

But, the profane pratings, shun; for, unto more ungodliness, will they force themselves on;

But, from the profane and old-wives' stories, excuse thyself, and be training thyself unto godliness;

O Timothy! that which hath been entrusted, do thou guard, avoiding the profane pratings and oppositions of falsely named knowledge, - Which, some professing, concerning the faith, have missed the mark! Favour be with you.