55 Bible Verses about Wicked Described As

and thou art cast out of thy grave like a wild branch - like as dead men's raiment that are shot through with the sword, as they that go down to the stones of the deep, as a dead corpse that is trodden under feet -

Ye shall tread down the ungodly: for they shall be like the ashes under the soles of your feet, in the day that I shall make, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.

the which when it is full, men draw to land, and sit and gather the good into their vessels, and cast the bad away.

It is not a good tree that bringeth forth evil fruit: Neither is that an evil tree, that bringeth forth good fruit.

Nevertheless, man will not abide in honour, seeing he may be compared unto the beasts that perish; this is the way of them.

But these, as brute beasts, naturally made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of that they know not, and shall perish through their own destruction,

And the inhabiters of them shall be of little power, and faint-hearted and confounded. They shall be like the grass of the field and green herbs, and as the hay on the tops of the houses which withereth afore it come to any height.

I will bring the people to such vexation, that they shall go about like blind men; because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood shall be shed as the dust, and their bodies as the mire.

Let them alone, they be the blind leaders of the blind. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."

For they are all unfaithful and fallen away, they hang upon filthy lucre; they are clean brass and iron, for they hurt and destroyed every man.

"Thou son of man, the house of Israel is turned to dross. All they that should be brass, tin, iron and lead, are in the fire become dross.

For thorns, there shall grow Fir trees, and the Myrtle tree in the stead of briers. And this shall be done to the praise of the LORD, and for an everlasting token, that shall not be taken away.

"Therefore, thou son of man, fear them not; neither be afraid of their words: for they shall rebel against thee, and despise thee. Yea, thou shalt dwell among scorpions. But fear not their words, be not abashed at their looks: for it is a froward household.

Many oxen are come about me; fat bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.

Yea, they shall be even as chaff before the wind, and as dust that the storm carrieth away.

As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.

Which hath also his fan in his hand, and will purge his floor, and gather the wheat into His garner; and will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire."

They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent, even like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears,

Like as the dog turneth again to his vomit, even so a fool beginneth his foolishness again afresh.

Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they tread them under their feet, and the other turn again and all to rend you.

It is happened unto them according to the true proverb, "The dog is turned to his vomit again, and the sow that was washed, is returned to her wallowing in the mire."

Thou puttest away all the ungodly of the earth like dross; therefore I love thy testimonies.

"Thou son of man, the house of Israel is turned to dross. All they that should be brass, tin, iron and lead, are in the fire become dross. Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God: Forsomuch as ye all are turned into dross, behold: I will bring you together unto Jerusalem,

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away, and like as dust that the wind taketh away from the floor, and as smoke that goeth out of the chimney.

Ye shall be as an oak whose leaves are fallen away, and as a garden that hath no moistness.

Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in the time of thy wrath; the LORD shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall consume them.

All these burn in adultery, as it were an oven that the baker heateth when he hath left kneading, till the dough be leavened.

They came about me like bees, and are extinguished even as the fire among the thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

And whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth them not the same, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

For this cause shall the wrath of the LORD of Hosts fall upon the land, and the people shall be consumed, as it were with fire: no man shall spare his brother,

and before him shall be gathered all nations. And he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and be withered even as the green herb.

that the ungodly are green as grass, and that all the works of wickedness do flourish, to be destroyed forever.

And because thou settest up thy bristles against me, and that thy raging is come up to mine ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy nose and a bit in thy lips, and will bring thee back again the same way thou camest.

I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like a green bay-tree.

For I have looked, and considered: but there is no man that speaketh a good word. There is no man that taketh repentance for his sin, that will so much as say, 'Wherefore have I done this?' But every man, as soon as he is turned back, runneth forth still, like a wild horse in a battle.

They that make them, are like unto them; and so are all such as put their trust in them.

like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a lion's whelp, lurking in secret places.

Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away; and like as wax melteth at the fire, so shall the ungodly perish at the presence of God.

Behold, the LORD God standeth by me: what is he that can condemn me? Lo, they shall be all like as an old cloth, which the moths shall eat up.

For worms shall eat them as a garment, and moths shall devour them as it were wool. But my righteousness shall continue ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

The ungodly is like a tempest that passeth over, and is no more seen; but the righteous remaineth sure forever.

Venomous lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

Therefore shall they be called reprobate silver, because the LORD hath cast them out."

ye serpents and generation of vipers, how should ye escape the damnation of hell?

He shall be like the heath that groweth in the wilderness. As for the good thing that is for to come, he shall not see it: but dwell in a dry place of the wilderness, in a salt and unoccupied land."

Some fell upon stony ground where it had not much earth, and anon it sprung up, because it had no depth of earth:

For mark, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven: and all the proud, yea and all such as do wickedness, shall be straw: and the day that is for to come, shall burn them up, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, so that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

But the wicked are like the raging sea, that cannot rest; whose water foameth with the mire and gravel.

He vanisheth as a dream, so that he can no more be found, and passeth away as a vision in the night.

"But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children, which sit in the market, and call unto their fellows,

These are wells without water, and clouds carried about of a tempest, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.

O my God, make them like unto a wheel, and as the stubble before the wind.

Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like unto painted tombs which appear beautiful outwards: but are within full of dead men's bones and of all filthiness.

A vain body exalteth himself, and man, newborn, is like a wild ass's colt.