40 Bible Verses about wickedness

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Psalm 7:9

O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous;
For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.

Zechariah 5:8

Then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and cast the lead weight on its opening.

Psalm 125:3

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the righteous,
So that the righteous will not put forth their hands to do wrong.

Proverbs 12:3

A man will not be established by wickedness,
But the root of the righteous will not be moved.

Psalm 140:8

“Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

Psalm 10:15

Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

Job 35:8

“Your wickedness is for a man like yourself,
And your righteousness is for a son of man.

Proverbs 25:5

Take away the wicked before the king,
And his throne will be established in righteousness.

Job 20:12

“Though evil is sweet in his mouth
And he hides it under his tongue,

Psalm 5:4

For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil dwells with You.

Psalm 94:23

He has brought back their wickedness upon them
And will destroy them in their evil;
The Lord our God will destroy them.

Psalm 129:4

The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:23

Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool,
And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

Ezekiel 3:19

Yet if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered yourself.

Proverbs 18:3

When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes,
And with dishonor comes scorn.

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.

Psalm 84:10

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Psalm 101:8

Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
So as to cut off from the city of the Lord all those who do iniquity.

Psalm 94:16

Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness?

Proverbs 11:21

Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished,
But the descendants of the righteous will be delivered.

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Isaiah 9:18

For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns;
It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.

Wickedness » Characteristics of

Isaiah 1:4

Alas, sinful nation,
People weighed down with iniquity,
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who act corruptly!
They have abandoned the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away from Him.

Psalm 64:3

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.

Wickedness » Contrasted with the righteous

Psalm 37:17

For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
But the Lord sustains the righteous.

Wickedness » What wickedness does

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own wickedness will correct you,
And your apostasies will reprove you;
Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter
For you to forsake the Lord your God,
And the dread of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord God of hosts.

Isaiah 9:18

For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns;
It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.

Job 35:8

“Your wickedness is for a man like yourself,
And your righteousness is for a son of man.

Proverbs 13:6

Righteousness guards the one whose way is blameless,
But wickedness subverts the sinner.

Wickedness » What is wicked

Leviticus 20:14

If there is a man who marries a woman and her mother, it is immorality; both he and they shall be burned with fire, so that there will be no immorality in your midst.

Jeremiah 17:9-10

"The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? "I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.

Leviticus 18:17

You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are blood relatives. It is lewdness.

Wickedness » Treasures of wickedness

Micah 6:10-12

"Is there yet a man in the wicked house, Along with treasures of wickedness And a short measure that is cursed? "Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights? "For the rich men of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Wickedness » A large amount

Psalm 84:10

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Wickedness » The time when the wicked rise

Proverbs 28:12

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory,
But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

Wickedness » What wickedness cannot do

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver those who practice it.

Wickedness » How the land becomes full of wickedness

Leviticus 19:29

Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.

Wickedness » Nobody being established by wickedness

Proverbs 12:3

A man will not be established by wickedness,
But the root of the righteous will not be moved.

Wickedness » The plowing of the wicked

Wickedness » The lord hating wickedness

Wickedness » What lies in wickedness

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Isaiah 2:2-4

Now it will come about that
In the last days
The mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be established as the chief of the mountains,
And will be raised above the hills;
And all the nations will stream to it.

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