'Godless' in the Bible

“But the wicked and worthless are all to be thrown away like thorns,Because they cannot be taken with the hand;

“So are the paths of all who forget God;And the hope of the godless will perish,

“His [godless] roots are wrapped around a pile of rocks,And he gazes at a house of stones.

“This also will be my salvation,For a godless man may not come before Him.

“For the company of the godless is barren,And fire consumes the tents of bribery (wrong and injustice).

“The upright will be [astonished and] appalled at this,And the innocent will stir himself up against the godless and polluted.

That the triumphing of the wicked is short,And the joy of the godless is only for a moment?

“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],When God takes his life?

So that godless men would not ruleNor be snares for the people.

“But the godless in heart store up anger [at the divine discipline];They do not cry [to Him] for help when He binds them [with cords of affliction].

The arrogant have forged a lie against me,But I will keep Your precepts with all my heart.

The arrogant (godless) have dug pits for me,Men who do not conform to Your law.

All Your commandments are faithful and trustworthy.They have persecuted me with a lie; help me [Lord]!

When the wicked man dies, his expectation will perish;And the hope of [godless] strong men perishes.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,But through knowledge and discernment the righteous will be rescued.

I send Assyria against a godless nationAnd commission it against the people of My wrathTo take the spoil and to seize the plunder,And to trample them down like mud in the streets.

The sinners in Zion are terrified;Trembling has seized the godless.[They cry] “Who among us can live with the consuming fire?Who among us can live with everlasting burning?”

Every cooking pot in [all the houses in] Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the Lord of hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take them and boil [their sacrifices] in them. And in that day there will no longer be a Canaanite [that is, any godless or spiritually unclean person, whether Jew or Gentile] in the house of the Lord of hosts.

For even though they knew God [as the Creator], they did not honor Him as God or give thanks [for His wondrous creation]. On the contrary, they became worthless in their thinking [godless, with pointless reasonings, and silly speculations], and their foolish heart was darkened.

For the sinful nature has its desire which is opposed to the Spirit, and the [desire of the] Spirit opposes the sinful nature; for these [two, the sinful nature and the Spirit] are in direct opposition to each other [continually in conflict], so that you [as believers] do not [always] do whatever [good things] you want to do.

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature together with its passions and appetites.

But have nothing to do with irreverent folklore and silly myths. On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness [keeping yourself spiritually fit].

But those who [are not financially ethical and] crave to get rich [with a compulsive, greedy longing for wealth] fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction [leading to personal misery].

O Timothy, guard and keep safe the deposit [of godly truth] entrusted to you, turn away from worldly and godless chatter [with its profane, empty words], and the contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge”—

and [see to it] that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

And if it is difficult for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the godless and the sinner?