'Wrong' in the Bible

And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.

that so you may become true sons of your Father in Heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the wicked as well as the good, and sends rain upon those who do right and those who do wrong.

Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?

But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

Suddenly, a man with a paralyzed hand appeared. The people asked Jesus if it was lawful to heal on Sabbath days, intending to accuse him of doing something wrong.

The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,

“Woe (judgment is coming) to the world because of stumbling blocks and temptations to sin! It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person on whose account or through whom the stumbling block comes!

And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.

Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times?

But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong?

But Jesus replied to them, “You are all wrong because you know neither the Scriptures [which teach the resurrection] nor the power of God [for He is able to raise the dead].

Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.

Then he said, “Why? What has He done wrong?”But they kept shouting, “Crucify Him!” all the more.

The people watched Jesus closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, intending to accuse him of doing something wrong.

For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.

Jesus said to them, “Is this not why you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures [that teach the resurrection] nor the power of God [who is able to raise the dead]?

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken and you are deceiving yourselves!”

Then Pilate said to them, “Why? What has He done wrong?”But they shouted, “Crucify Him!” all the more.

They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, in order to find a way of accusing him of doing something wrong.

‘And forgive us our sins,For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us [who has offended or wronged us].And lead us not into temptation [but rescue us from evil].’”

I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:

And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.

Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.

And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.

And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

And Pilate said to the chief priests and the people, In my opinion this man has done no wrong

You say that this man has been teaching the people evil things: now I, after going into the question before you, see nothing wrong in this man in connection with the things which you have said against him

A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

We are punished justly, because we’re getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, And I do not give a decision against you: go, and never do wrong again.]

And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment --

“If I have spoken wrongly,” Jesus answered him, “give evidence about the wrong; but if rightly, why do you hit Me?”

Pilate said to him, True? what is true? Having said this he went out again to the Jews and said to them, I see no wrong in him.

And Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I let him come out to you to make it clear to you that I see no wrong in him.

And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart (motive, purpose) is not right before God.

He told them, "You understand how wrong it is for a Jew to associate or visit with unbelievers. But God has shown me that I should stop calling anyone common or unclean,

And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.

There was a great deal of shouting until some of the scribes who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and argued forcefully, "We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"

Otherwise, these men themselves should tell what wrong they found when I stood before the Council

“Therefore,” he said, “let the men of authority among you go down with me and accuse him, if there is any wrong in this man.”

Paul said in his defense, "I have done nothing wrong against the Law of the Jews, or of the Temple, or of the emperor."

Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.

If then I am doing wrong, or have done anything deserving of death, I do not refuse to die, but if there is nothing to what these men accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong.

coming upon the soul of every man and woman who deliberately does wrong--upon the Jew first, and then upon the Gentile;

All those who have done wrong without the law will get destruction without the law: and those who have done wrong under the law will have their punishment by the law;

They show that the essential requirements of the Law are written in their hearts; and their conscience [their sense of right and wrong, their moral choices] bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or perhaps defending them

You who say that a man may not be untrue to his wife, are you true to yours? you who are a hater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God?

You who take pride in the law, are you doing wrong to the honour of God by behaviour which is against the law?

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God is not wrong to inflict His wrath [on us], is He? (I am speaking in purely human terms.)

“All have turned aside, together they have become useless;There is none who does good, no, not one.”

For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;

But still death had power from Adam till Moses, even over those who had not done wrong like Adam, who is a picture of him who was to come.

But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

Therefore there is now no condemnation [no guilty verdict, no punishment] for those who are in Christ Jesus [who believe in Him as personal Lord and Savior].

For government is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For government is God’s servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong.

But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for it is not without reason that they bear the sword. Indeed, they are God's servants to administer punishment to anyone who does wrong. Therefore, it is necessary for you to be acquiescent to the authorities, not only for the sake of God's punishment, but also for the sake of your own conscience.

Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Love, therefore, is the fulfillment of the law.

Do not tear down God’s work because of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to cause stumbling by what he eats.

For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

Do you not know that we [believers] will judge angels? How much more then [as to] matters of this life?

Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

Whatever meat may be had at the public market, take as food without question of right or wrong;

If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.

But if anyone says to you, This food has been used as an offering, do not take it, on account of him who said it, and on account of his sense of right and wrong:

Right and wrong, I say, not for you, but for the other man; for the fact that I am free is not dependent on another man's sense of right or wrong.

If, then, anyone takes the bread or the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit, he will be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.

does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,

Last of all, as though to one born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.

And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

receive us; no one did we wrong; no one did we waste; no one did we defraud;

For behold what earnestness this very thing, this godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what avenging of wrong! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter.

Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

Or did I [perhaps] sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted and honored, because I preached God’s gospel to you free of charge?

For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.

I said before, and still say it before I come, as being present for the second time, though I am still away from you, to those who have done wrong before, and to all the others, that if I come again I will not have pity;

Now we pray to God that you do nothing wrong—not that we may appear to pass the test, but that you may do what is right, even though we may appear to fail.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly wrong.

I beg you, brothers, to become like me, since I became like you. You did not do anything wrong to me.

Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,

Brothers, if a person is caught doing something wrong, those of you who are spiritual should restore that person gently. Watch out for yourself so that you are not tempted as well.

Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

Keeping faith, and being conscious of well-doing; for some, by not doing these things, have gone wrong in relation to the faith:

O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;

But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,