'Evil' in the Bible

for evil men will lose their power, but the Lord sustains the godly.

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

But evil men will die; the Lord's enemies will be incinerated -- they will go up in smoke.

Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.

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

For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.

Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

Rely on the Lord! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.

I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil.

Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

The Lord helps them and rescues them; he rescues them from evil men and delivers them, for they seek his protection.

And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided, "I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man."

Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Blessed is the one who is considerate of the destitute; the LORD will deliver him when the times are evil.

Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully;he stores up evil in his heart;he goes out and talks.

All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!

You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.

For the choir director. A Davidic Maskil. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”Why brag about evil, you hero!God’s faithful love is constant.

Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,But trusted in the abundance of his richesAnd was strong in his evil desire.”

For the music director; according to the machalath style; a well-written song by David. Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on God.

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the wicked. They bring down evil upon me, and in anger they hate me.

Day and night they prowl around its walls; evil and iniquity are within it.

Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

Let death take them by surprise;let them go down to Sheol alive,because evil is in their homes and within them.

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

Save me from those who practice evil; deliver me from bloodthirsty men.

You, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,Arise to punish all the nations;Spare no one and do not be merciful to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah.

How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?

Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the mob of those who practice evil,

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways.

When I put on the clothing of grief, they said evil of me.

Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.

My God, deliver me from the power of the wicked and the grasp of ruthless practicers of evil.

For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered with reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,

My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed -- because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!

He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.

In their mockery they speak evil; from their arrogant position they speak oppression.

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.

[The] enemy will not deceive him, and no {evil man} will afflict him.

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

You will not be afraid of the terror of night,Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

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

When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever.

For behold, your enemies, O Yahweh, for behold, your enemies will perish. All [the] workers of evil will be scattered.

My eyes gloated over those who lie in wait for me; when those of evil intent attack me, my ears will hear.

Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.

To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?

What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

He will pay them back for their sinsand destroy them for their evil.The Lord our God will destroy them.

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

LORD our God, you answered them; you were their God who forgave them, but also avenged their evil deeds.

I will not even think about doing anything lawless; I hate to do evil deeds; I will have none of it.

A devious heart will be far from me;I will not be involved with evil.

'Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.'

We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.

They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.

And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes,

They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits,

Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds.

He delivered them many times, but they demonstrated rebellion by their evil plans; therefore they sunk deep in their sins.

And He remembered His covenant for their sake,And relented [rescinding their sentence] according to the greatness of His lovingkindness [when they cried out to Him],

They go up to the heavens, they go down to the depths, Their soul in evil is melted.

a fruitful land into a salty place, because of the evil of its inhabitants.

And they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow.

The upright see it and rejoice, but the mouth of an evil person is shut.

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

Appoint an evil person over him; may an accuser stand at his right side.

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

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

who practice no evil while they walk in his ways.

Rulers make evil designs against me; but your servant gives thought to your rules.

Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.

All your teachings are certain; they go after me with evil design; give me your help.

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

Depart from me, you evil ones,so that I may obey my God’s commands.