'Wickedness' in the Bible
For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;No evil [person] dwells with You.
Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous [those in right standing with You];For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,Seek out his wickedness until You find no more.
In whose hands is a wicked scheme,And whose right hand is full of bribes.
Repay them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;Repay them according to the deeds of their hands;Repay them what they deserve.
You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness;Therefore God, your God, has anointed YouAbove Your companions with the oil of jubilation.
Your tongue devises destruction,Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
“Look, [this is] the man who would not make God his strength [his stronghold and fortress],But trusted in the abundance of his riches,Taking refuge in his wealth.”
No, in your heart you devise wrongdoing;On earth you deal out the violence of your hands.
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my GodThan to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.
He has turned back their own wickedness upon themAnd will destroy them by means of their own evil;The Lord our God will wipe them out.
A productive land into a [barren] salt waste,Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Those who follow after wickedness approach;They are far from Your law.
For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land of the righteous,So that the righteous will not reach out their hands to do wrong.
Do not incline my heart to [consent to or tolerate] any evil thing,Or to practice deeds of wickednessWith men who plan and do evil;And let me not eat of their delicacies (be tempted by their gain).
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