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Dealing With Evil People

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Romans 12:19

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Exodus 14:14

Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

Proverbs 29:11

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

Isaiah 48:22

“There is no peace”, says Yahweh, “for the wicked.”

2 Timothy 3:1–5

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

James 1:19–20

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; — read the full passage →

Ephesians 4:31–32

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 3:8–18

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous, — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 5:8

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Ephesians 6:12

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Matthew 5:38–39

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:43–48

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’ — read the full passage →

Revelation 21:8

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Matthew 7:12

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Psalms 27:1–14

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? — read the full passage →

Proverbs 25:26

Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

John 14:15

If you love me, keep my commandments.

Romans 13:4

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

Ephesians 4:26

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

John 14:26

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

Psalms 23:1–6

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Psalms 37:2

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

Luke 10:27

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

Leviticus 19:18

“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

Psalms 64:1–10

Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy. — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:1–48

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Galatians 5:14

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Genesis 50:20

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

Genesis 50:19–21

Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God? — read the full passage →

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

1 Peter 3:9

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

1 Corinthians 11:1

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Matthew 18:15–17

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

Matthew 21:21

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.

Proverbs 17:13

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Psalms 25:1–22

To you, Yahweh, do I lift up my soul. — read the full passage →

Luke 1:37

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Matthew 26:52–54

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword. — read the full passage →

Romans 12:18

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

Matthew 18:15

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which is of me,” says Yahweh.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Deuteronomy 17:7

The hand of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall remove the evil from your midst.

Ephesians 4:32

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Philippians 2:3

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Proverbs 22:24–25

Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger: — read the full passage →

Luke 6:27

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

1 Peter 3:1–22

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

John 18:36

Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”

Isaiah 1:16

Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

2 Timothy 3:16–17

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

Matthew 4:7

Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’”

2 Chronicles 7:14

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Exodus 20:1–26

God spoke all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

Genesis 9:5–6

I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man. — read the full passage →

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Matthew 4:1–25

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. — read the full passage →

James 1:21

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

James 1:13

Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

Matthew 18:1–35

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →

Psalms 91:1–16

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

2 Peter 2:4

For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

James 1:20

for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

John 3:20

For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

Revelation 1:1–20

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Psalms 5:4

For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you.

Exodus 32:14

Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.

Exodus 32:12

Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘He brought them out for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?’ Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people.

Acts 10:38

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

Mark 9:25

When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!”

Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Exodus 5:23

For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people; neither have you delivered your people at all.”

Matthew 5:19

Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Judges 2:19

But when the judge was dead, they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they didn’t cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.

Isaiah 32:6

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, To make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Psalms 55:1–23

Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication. — read the full passage →

John 18:1–40

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered. — read the full passage →

Psalms 144:1

Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:

Genesis 4:1–26

The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.” — read the full passage →

John 3:1–36

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

2 Timothy 3:8

Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth; men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith, are rejected.

Galatians 6:1

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Psalms 119:134

Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

Deuteronomy 28:1–68

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

Psalms 31:1–24

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 28:47–48

Because you didn’t serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; — read the full passage →

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