'Malicious' in the Bible
“Have I rejoiced at the destruction of the enemy [who hated me],Or exulted [in malicious triumph] when evil overtook him?
Malicious witnesses rise up;They ask me of things that I do not know.
Appoint a wicked man against him,And let an attacker stand at his right hand [to kill him].
‘The merchants among the people hiss at you [with malicious joy];You have become a horror and a source of terrors.You will cease to be forever.’”’”
“And as for you, My flock, thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats [between the righteous and the unrighteous].
At that time certain Chaldeans came forward and brought [malicious] accusations against the Jews.
Then he (Antiochus IV Epiphanes) will return to his land with great treasure (plunder); and his heart will be set against the holy covenant, and he will take action and return to his own land (Syria).