68 Bible Verses about evil, believers' responses to

Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

Keep from every form of evil.

And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep the teachings of my God.

Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.

The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

Away! away! go out from there, touching no unclean thing; go out from among her; be clean, you who take up the vessels of the Lord.

And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.

Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass? Take away, then, the old leaven, so that you may be a new mass, even as you are without leaven. For Christ has been put to death as our Passover.

A little leaven makes a change in all the mass.

Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark? And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One? or what part has one who has faith with one who has not? And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.read more.
For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself, And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

And do not give way to the Evil One.

But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.

And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.

Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners.

Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.

The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.

But he, turning about, and seeing his disciples, said sharply to Peter, Get out of my way, Satan: for your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.

Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;

Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word, honouring your sons before me, and making yourselves fat with all the best of the offerings of Israel, my people?

And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.

And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of his orders? Truly, to do his pleasure is better than to make offerings, and to give ear to him than the fat of sheep.

Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.

Then he said in answer, I have not been troubling Israel, but you and your family; because, turning away from the orders of the Lord, you have gone after the Baals.

For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.

Then the spirit of God came on Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, and, getting up before the people, he said to them, God has said, Why do you go against the orders of the Lord, so that everything goes badly for you? because you have given up the Lord, he has given you up.

And they made protests to Uzziah the king, and said to him, The burning of perfumes, Uzziah, is not your business but that of the priests, the sons of Aaron, who have been made holy for this work: go out of the holy place, for you have done wrong, and it will not be to your honour before God.

And Ezra the priest got to his feet and said to them, You have done wrong and taken strange women for your wives, so increasing the sin of Israel.

For this cause, O King, let my suggestion be pleasing to you, and let your sins be covered by righteousness and your evil-doing by mercy to the poor, so that the time of your well-being may be longer.

And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this;

Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.

For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.

But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment,

But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land? While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.

But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.

It was my desire, when I went on into Macedonia, that you might make a stop at Ephesus, to give orders to certain men not to put forward a different teaching,

Say sharp words to sinners when all are present, so that the rest may be in fear.

This witness is true. So say sharp words to them so that they may come to the right faith,

On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.

My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.

Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.

And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;

For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,

Do not give way to him but be strong in your faith, in the knowledge that your brothers who are in the world undergo the same troubles.

But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head. Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.

If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water: For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.

If you see the ass of one who has no love for you bent down to the earth under the weight which is put on it, you are to come to its help, even against your desire.

Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.

But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,

Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.

Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.

And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.

And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,

Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.