'Wrong' in the Bible

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.

He asked, "What has he done wrong?" But they kept shouting louder and louder, "Let him be crucified!"

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

"Why?" Pilate asked them. "What has he done wrong?" But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"

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.

Then he spoke to them a third time: "What has he done wrong? I have found nothing in him worthy of death. So I will punish him and let him go."

We have been condemned justly, because we are getting what we deserve for what we have done, but this man has done nothing wrong."

Jesus answered him, "If I have said anything wrong, tell me what it was. But if I have told the truth, why do you hit me?"

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,

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, "have your authorities come down with me and present their charges against him there, if there is anything wrong with the 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."

But Paul said, "I am standing before the emperor's judgment seat where I ought to be tried. I haven't done anything wrong to the Jewish leaders, as you know very well.

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.

Do not destroy God's action for the sake of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong to make another person stumble because of what you eat.

The very fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves is already a defeat for you. Why not rather just accept the wrong? Why not rather be cheated?

Instead, you yourselves practice doing wrong and cheating others, and brothers at that!

So, even though I wrote to you, it wasn't because of the man who did the wrong or because of the man who was hurt. Instead, I wrote to you so that your devotion to us might be made perfectly clear to you before God.

How were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I did not bother you for help? Forgive me for this wrong!

We pray to God that you will not do anything wrong not to show that we have not failed the test, but so that you may do what is right, even if we seem to have failed.

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.

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.

For the person who does what is wrong will be paid back for what he has done without favoritism.

A servant of the Lord must not argue. Instead, he must be kind to everyone, teachable, willing to suffer wrong,

He gave himself for us to set us free from every wrong and to cleanse us so that we could be his special people who are enthusiastic about doing good deeds.

For everyone who lives on milk is still a baby and does not yet know the difference between right and wrong.

but God found something wrong with his people when he said, "Look! The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds, and I will never again remember their sins."

You ask for something but do not get it because you ask for it for the wrong reason for your own pleasure.

you may be sure that whoever brings a sinner back from his wrong path will save his soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

or to governors who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.

For the Lord watches the righteous, and he pays attention to their prayers. But the Lord opposes those who do wrong."

After all, if it is the will of God, it is better to suffer for doing right than for doing wrong.

They have left the straight path and wandered off to follow the path of Bosor's son Balaam, who loved the reward he got for doing wrong.