40 Bible Verses about evil, believers' responses to

Hold aloof from every form of evil.

With many other words he continued to bear testimony, and kept entreating them, saying, "Save yourselves from this perverse generation."

Let love be without insincerity. Abhor what is evil; wed yourselves to what is good.

But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, And make no provisions for your earthly nature And the gratification of its lusts.

Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that even a little leaven leavens all the lump? Then get rid of the old leaven, so that you may be like a new lump, as you are now unleavened. For our Paschal Lamb has already been sacrificed, Christ himself.

A little leaven is leavening the whole lump.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? what communion has light with darkness? What concord has Christ with Belial? What portion has a believer with an unbeliever? And what compact has God's temple with idols? For we are a temple of the living God, as he has said: I will dwell among them, and walk about among them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.read more.
Therefore, Come out from among them and separate yourselves, saith the Lord, touch not what is unclean; then I will receive you and will be to you a Father, and you shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Give the devil no place.

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

I summon you, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to shun any brother who leads an idle and disorderly life, which is not according to the rule you received from me.

Let him turn from evil and do good, Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

For every one who practices wrong hates light, and does not come to the light, lest his actions be exposed;

But he turned and said to Peter. "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me, because you are not intent on what pleases God, but what pleases men."

But he turned round, and looked upon his disciples, and rebuked Peter. "Get thee behind me, Satan," he said, "for your thoughts are not God's thoughts, but man's."

because John kept telling him, "It is not right for you to have her."

For John had often told Herod, "It is not right for you to live with your brother's wife."

But the other, answering, reproved him, saying. "Have you no fear of God even? When you are suffering the same punishment as he?

"Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan so filled your heart that you are lying to the Holy Spirit, and keeping back part of the price of the land? "While it remained unsold, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was not the price at your own disposal? How could you conceive this act in your heart? You have not lied unto men, but unto God."

"Why was it," said Peter, "that you both agreed to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Lo, the feet of those who buried your husband are at the door, and they shall carry you out."

As I begged you when I was setting out for Macedonia, stay where you are at Ephesus, and instruct certain individuals there not to be teaching heterodoxy,

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

This testimony is true. So rebuke them sharply,

Thus speak, exhort, reprove with all authority. Let no one despise you.

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

Put on all the panoply of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground against the stratagems of the devil.

So then ever be subject to God, Ever resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Expel that wicked man from among you.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness, but rather expose them.

Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Therefore put away all malice, all deceit, insincerity, jealousy, and slander of every sort.

Resist him, standing firm in the faith, knowing well that the same afflictions are being accomplished in your brothers that are in the world.

"But you must love even your enemies and be kind to them, And lend, despairing of no man. Then your reward will be great, And you will be the sons of the Most High; For he is kind even to the ungrateful and to the evil.

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.

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

"But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

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

not paying back evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but on the contrary giving a blessing. Because for this you have been called??o inherit a blessing.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One; For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory. Amen.

"Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who has offended us; "And bring us not into temptation."

"And now Lord, listen to their threats, and grant to thy slaves to proclaim thy message with all boldness,