'Evil' in the Bible

For not a God desiring wickedness art Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,

Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.

He hath said in his heart, 'I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.

Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

Despised in his eyes is a rejected one, And those fearing Jehovah he doth honour. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and changeth not;

For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

Also -- when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff -- they comfort me.

For He hideth me in a tabernacle in the day of evil, He hideth me in a secret place of His tent, On a rock he raiseth me up.

Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.

For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear is round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.

(The face of Jehovah is on doers of evil, To cut off from earth their memorial.)

Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.

They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.

They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,

They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.

Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are satisfied.

Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell to the age.

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.

And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.

They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished!

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

Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.

Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.

To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.

Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.

Turn back doth the evil thing to mine enemies, In Thy truth cut them off.

All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts are for evil,

They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'

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

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 sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress -- A discharge of evil messengers.

Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.

Evil happeneth not unto thee, And a plague cometh not near thy tent,

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

Ye who love Jehovah, hate evil, He is keeping the souls of His saints, From the hand of the wicked he delivereth them.

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

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

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

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

And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

This is the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

Of an evil report he is not afraid, Prepared is His heart, confident in Jehovah.

From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.

Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.

A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.

Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.

Who is giving deliverance to kings, Who is freeing David His servant from the sword of evil.