40 Bible Verses about wickedness
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Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. For you are the righteous God who discerns the inner thoughts.
"How terrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster is headed their way, because what they did with their hand will be repaid to them.
"Woe to those who are crafting iniquity, planning evil well into the night! When morning's light comes, they carry out their plans because they have the power to do so.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.
And the angel said, "This is evil!" So he shoved her back into the basket and snapped the round, lead cover over the opening.
For evil's scepter will not rest on the land that has been allotted to the righteous, and so the righteous will not direct themselves to do wrong.
A person doesn't gain security by wickedness, but the righteous won't be uprooted.
Never grant, LORD, the desires of the wicked; never condone their plans so they cannot exalt themselves. Interlude
I also examined on earth: where the halls of justice were supposed to be, there was lawlessness; and where the righteous were supposed to be, there was lawlessness. 17I told myself, "God will judge both the righteous and the wicked, because there is a time set to judge every event and every work."
But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.
Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; so that when you seek out his wickedness you will find it no more.
Your wickedness affects only yourself; and your righteousness, only human beings.
We know that we are from God and that the whole world lies under the control of the evil one.
Purge the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
"But there is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."
See if there is any offensive tendency in me, and lead me in the eternal way. To the Music Director: A Davidic Song
Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth, though he conceals it under his tongue,
Indeed, you aren't a God who delights in wickedness; evil will never dwell with you.
He will repay them for their sin; he will annihilate them because of their evil. The LORD our God will annihilate them.
So I'll deliver you from the hand of the wicked, and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless."
If you warn the wicked person, and he doesn't repent of his wickedness or of his wicked behavior, he'll die in his sin, but you will have saved your own life.
The LORD saw that human evil was growing more and more throughout the earth, with every inclination of people's thoughts becoming only evil on a continuous basis.
For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.
When an evil person comes, contempt also comes, along with dishonor and disgrace.
The righteousness of the innocent creates a level path, but the wicked fall by their wickedness.
for a day in your Temple courts is better than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather stand at the entrance of God's house than live in the tent of wickedness.
Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, eliminating everyone who practices iniquity from the LORD's city. A prayer by the afflicted man who is overwhelmed and talks about his troubles with the LORD.
Do not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because what he was doing was evil and his brother's actions were righteous.
Also pray that we may be rescued from worthless and evil people, since not everyone holds to the faith.
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against those who practice iniquity?
Be sure of this: the wicked will not go unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous will go free.
From Thematic Bible
Fire » Illustrative of » Wickedness
"For wickedness has burned like a blaze that consumes briers and thorns; it sets thickets of the forest on fire, and skyward they swirl in a column of smoke.
Wickedness » Characteristics of
For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.
"Oh, you sinful nation! You people burdened down by iniquity! You offspring of those who keep practicing what is evil! You corrupt children! "They've abandoned the LORD; they've despised the Holy One of Israel; in their estrangement, they've walked away from me.
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
They are wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.
Wickedness » Contrasted with the righteous
There will be suffering and anguish for every human being who practices doing evil, for Jews first and for Greeks as well.
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
Wickedness » What wickedness does
Your wickedness will be punished, and you will be corrected due to your acts of apostasy. Know and see that it's evil and bitter for you to forsake the LORD your God, but the fear of me is not in you," declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies.
"For wickedness has burned like a blaze that consumes briers and thorns; it sets thickets of the forest on fire, and skyward they swirl in a column of smoke.
Your wickedness affects only yourself; and your righteousness, only human beings.
Wickedness » What is wicked
"If a man takes a wife along with her mother, that's wickedness. They are to be burned with fire that is, both him and them, so that there will be no wickedness in your midst.
"The heart is more deceitful than anything. It is incurable who can know it? I am the LORD who searches the heart, who tests the inner depths to give to each person according to what he deserves, according to the fruit of his deeds.
"You are not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter. "You are not to have sexual relations with her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter. They're near blood relatives. It's wickedness.
Wickedness » Treasures of wickedness
Are there still wicked treasures in the house of the wicked, along with deceitful and abominable measuring standards? Will I tolerate those who maintain deceptive standards and who use deceitful weights in their business? Her rich people are filled with violence, and her inhabitants tell lies their tongues speak deceitfully!
Wickedness » A large amount
for a day in your Temple courts is better than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather stand at the entrance of God's house than live in the tent of wickedness.
Wickedness » The time when the wicked rise
When the righteous are victorious, there is great glory, but when the wicked arise, men hide themselves.
Wickedness » What wickedness cannot do
Just as no human being has control over the wind to restrain it, so also no human being has control over the day of his death. Just as no one is discharged during war, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Wickedness » How the land becomes full of wickedness
"You are not to defile your daughter by engaging her in prostitution so the land won't become filled with wickedness.
Wickedness » Nobody being established by wickedness
A person doesn't gain security by wickedness, but the righteous won't be uprooted.
Wickedness » The plowing of the wicked
Wickedness » The lord hating wickedness
Wickedness » What lies in wickedness
We know that we are from God and that the whole world lies under the control of the evil one.
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Isaiah 2:2-4"It will come about in the last days that the mountain that is the LORD's Temple will be established as the highest of mountains, and will be raised above the hills; all the nations will stream to it.