'Evil' in the Bible

For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you.

if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),

Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.

Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn't abhor evil.

They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"

"An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."

Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

"You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.

You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.

He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.

All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"

Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.

He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.

Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

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

This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.

He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.

I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.

Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.

Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;

Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.

An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies.

Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;

Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

Don't devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.

For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

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

in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.

A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.

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

Don't they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

Yahweh's eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

Yahweh has made everything for its own end -- yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.

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

Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.

for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

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

Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

"If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:

a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.