'Evil' in the Bible

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with thee.

If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)

Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

He that slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;

For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

For in the day of evil he will hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tent will he keep me concealed: he will set me high upon a rock.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, to cutoff the remembrance of them from the earth:

Evil shall destroy the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall bear their guilt.

They reward me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it would be only to do evil.

they shall not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Depart from evil, and do good, and dwell for evermore;

And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?

Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou judgest.

{To the chief Musician: an instruction. Of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David came to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of God abideth continually.

Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

He will requite evil to mine enemies: in thy truth cut them off.

All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, according to the years wherein we have seen evil.

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off.

Ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints, he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed confiding in Jehovah;

I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.

Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:

Let not the man of evil tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to his ruin.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.