'Evil' in the Bible

For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

“How long, O naive ones [you who are easily misled], will you love being simple-minded and undiscerning?How long will scoffers [who ridicule and deride] delight in scoffing,How long will fools [who obstinately mock truth] hate knowledge?

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

For they can’t sleepunless they have done what is evil;they are robbed of sleepunless they make someone stumble.

Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

A worthless man, an evil man, goes around with {deceitful speech}.

He always plots evil with perversity in his heart—he stirs up trouble.

a heart that plots wicked schemes,feet eager to run to evil,

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;Whoever touches her will not be found innocent or go unpunished.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.

The foolish woman is restless and noisy;She is naive and easily misled and thoughtless, and knows nothing at all [of eternal value].

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

To the upright, the way of the LORD is a place of safety, but it's a place of ruin to those who practice evil.

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their evil desires.

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; and the hope of evil men perisheth.

With his mouth the evil man sends destruction on his neighbour; but through knowledge the upright are taken out of trouble.

Evil one suffereth when he hath been surety for a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

Evil people earn deceptive wages, but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded.

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

Hand for hand! an evil man shall not be held innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

The person seeking good will find favor, but anyone who searches for evil it will find him!

The good person will gain favor from the LORD, but the man who plots evil will be condemned by him.

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech,but a righteous one escapes from trouble.

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellers of peace is joy.

There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

An evil messenger stumbles into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

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

The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

The Lord detests the plans of an evil man,but pleasant words are pure.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

An abomination to kings [is] doing evil, for by righteousness the throne will be established.

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.

He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

Whoever practices evil pays attention to wicked speech, and the liar listens to malicious talk.

An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

When an evil person comes, contempt also comes, along with dishonor and disgrace.

It's not good to be partial towards an evil person, thereby depriving the righteous of justice.

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

The name of the Lord is a strong tower;The righteous runs to it and is safe and set on high [far above evil].

A man’s stomach will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;He will be satisfied with the consequence of his words.

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

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

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

For seven times doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.

Lest Jehovah see, and it be evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back.

As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

Smooth lips with an evil heartare like glaze on an earthen vessel.

A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

Though his hatred is concealed by deception,his evil will be revealed in the assembly.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.

Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.