'Wicked' in the Bible

(for that just man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by what he saw and heard of their lawless acts),

Therefore, [let me warn you] beloved, knowing these things beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men [who distort doctrine] and fall from your own steadfastness [of mind, knowledge, truth, and faith],