'Evil' in the Bible

He will not fear evil tidings;His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.

I have restrained my feet from every evil way,That I may keep Your word.

The Lord will protect you from all evil;He will keep your soul.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men;Preserve me from violent men

Who devise evil things in their hearts;They continually stir up wars.

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

“May a slanderer not be established in the earth;May evil hunt the violent man speedily.”

Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,To practice deeds of wickednessWith men who do iniquity;And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

Who gives salvation to kings,Who rescues David His servant from the evil sword.

For their feet run to evilAnd they hasten to shed blood.

“But he who listens to me shall live securelyAnd will be at ease from the dread of evil.”

To deliver you from the way of evil,From the man who speaks perverse things;

Who delight in doing evilAnd rejoice in the perversity of evil;

Do not be wise in your own eyes;Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

Do not enter the path of the wickedAnd do not proceed in the way of evil men.

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

Do not turn to the right nor to the left;Turn your foot from evil.

Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil,Who spreads strife.

A heart that devises wicked plans,Feet that run rapidly to evil,

To keep you from the evil woman,From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

“The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;Pride and arrogance and the evil wayAnd the perverted mouth, I hate.

He who is steadfast in righteousness will attain to life,And he who pursues evil will bring about his own death.

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

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor,But he who seeks evil, evil will come to him.

A good man will obtain favor from the Lord,But He will condemn a man who devises evil.

The wicked man desires the booty of evil men,But the root of the righteous yields fruit.

An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,But the righteous will escape from trouble.

Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,But counselors of peace have joy.

Desire realized is sweet to the soul,But it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil.

A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil,But a fool is arrogant and careless.

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,And a man of evil devices is hated.

The evil will bow down before the good,And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Will they not go astray who devise evil?But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place,Watching the evil and the good.

Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord,But pleasant words are pure.

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer,But the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

The Lord has made everything for its own purpose,Even the wicked for the day of evil.

By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for,And by the fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil;He who watches his way preserves his life.

A worthless man digs up evil,While his words are like scorching fire.

He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things;He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.

A rebellious man seeks only evil,So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

He who returns evil for good,Evil will not depart from his house.

He who has a crooked mind finds no good,And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

The fear of the Lord leads to life,So that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.

A king who sits on the throne of justiceDisperses all evil with his eyes.

Do not say, “I will repay evil”;Wait for the Lord, and He will save you.

Stripes that wound scour away evil,And strokes reach the innermost parts.

The soul of the wicked desires evil;His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination,How much more when he brings it with evil intent!

The prudent sees the evil and hides himself,But the naive go on, and are punished for it.

Do not be envious of evil men,Nor desire to be with them;

One who plans to do evil,Men will call a schemer.

For there will be no future for the evil man;The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Or he who hears it will reproach you,And the evil report about you will not pass away.

A prudent man sees evil and hides himself,The naive proceed and pay the penalty.

Evil men do not understand justice,But those who seek the Lord understand all things.

He who leads the upright astray in an evil wayWill himself fall into his own pit,But the blameless will inherit good.

A man with an evil eye hastens after wealthAnd does not know that want will come upon him.

By transgression an evil man is ensnared,But the righteous sings and rejoices.

If you have been foolish in exalting yourselfOr if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth.

She does him good and not evilAll the days of her life.

When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.

But better off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.

Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.

This also is a grievous evil—exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent among men—

I directed my mind to know, to investigate and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of folly and the foolishness of madness.

Do not be in a hurry to leave him. Do not join in an evil matter, for he will do whatever he pleases.”

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.

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.

Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may lengthen his life, still I know that it will be well for those who fear God, who fear Him openly.

But it will not be well for the evil man and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.

There is futility which is done on the earth, that is, there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked. On the other hand, there are evil men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I say that this too is futility.

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.

Moreover, man does not know his time: like fish caught in a treacherous net and birds trapped in a snare, so the sons of men are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler—

Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no delight in them”;

For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.

“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.Cease to do evil,

The expression of their faces bears witness against them,And they display their sin like Sodom;They do not even conceal it.Woe to them!For they have brought evil on themselves.

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Because Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying,

He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good.

For before the boy will know enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken.

Woe to those who enact evil statutesAnd to those who constantly record unjust decisions,

Thus I will punish the world for its evilAnd the wicked for their iniquity;I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proudAnd abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.

For the ruthless will come to an end and the scorner will be finished,Indeed all who are intent on doing evil will be cut off;

As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;He devises wicked schemesTo destroy the afflicted with slander,Even though the needy one speaks what is right.

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity,He who rejects unjust gainAnd shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshedAnd shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;

Declare the things that are going to come afterward,That we may know that you are gods;Indeed, do good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together.

“But evil will come on youWhich you will not know how to charm away;And disaster will fall on youFor which you cannot atone;And destruction about which you do not knowWill come on you suddenly.

“How blessed is the man who does this,And the son of man who takes hold of it;Who keeps from profaning the sabbath,And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart;And devout men are taken away, while no one understands.For the righteous man is taken away from evil,

Their feet run to evil,And they hasten to shed innocent blood;Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity,Devastation and destruction are in their highways.

Yes, truth is lacking;And he who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey.Now the Lord saw,And it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice.

I will destine you for the sword,And all of you will bow down to the slaughter.Because I called, but you did not answer;I spoke, but you did not hear.And you did evil in My sightAnd chose that in which I did not delight.”

The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain,” says the Lord.