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Evil People

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Romans 12:21

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 2:6–8

who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:” — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 12:1

You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?

Psalms 5:4

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

1 Corinthians 15:33

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

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.

Romans 1:26–29

For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. — read the full passage →

Psalms 37:1–4

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

Romans 3:23

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

Isaiah 48:22

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

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.

Exodus 14:14

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

2 Timothy 3:1–5

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

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.

Romans 1:18–22

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, — read the full passage →

John 3:20

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

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.

Hebrews 9:27

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

Matthew 12:34–35

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. — read the full passage →

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.

Romans 2:12–16

For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. — read the full passage →

Romans 2:9–11

oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 29:11

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

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Matthew 6:13

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. ’

Proverbs 8:13

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

Mark 3:12–13

He sternly warned them that they should not make him known. — 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 →

Micah 5:12

I will destroy witchcraft from your hand; and you shall have no soothsayers.

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.

1 Corinthians 13:4–7

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

Genesis 1:31

God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Romans 1:16–17

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek. — 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.”

Malachi 3:6

“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Romans 12:1–21

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — 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 →

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

2 Kings 9:22

When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?”

Genesis 2:16–17

Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; — read the full passage →

Romans 12:9

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

Revelation 12:7

There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war.

Romans 1:32

who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

Leviticus 20:13

“‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Romans 6:23

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

Romans 7:19

For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.

Matthew 6:31–33

“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ — read the full passage →

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.

James 1:1–27

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

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.”

Mark 7:21–22

For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, — read the full passage →

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 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.

Proverbs 2:14

who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;

Psalms 35:8

Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.

Genesis 6:1–22

When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, — read the full passage →

Jude 1:6

Angels who didn’t keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

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.

John 3:1–36

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

Psalms 10:1–18

Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? — read the full passage →

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.

Exodus 22:1–31

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. — read the full passage →

Genesis 3:22

Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”

Matthew 5:43–48

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

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.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Psalms 50:19

“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

Genesis 6:5

Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.

Revelation 1:1

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,

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 →

Ephesians 4:31

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

Galatians 2:11–14

But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned. — read the full passage →

John 1:1–21:25

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

Matthew 12:34

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Proverbs 25:26

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

Proverbs 15:1

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

Psalms 119:165

Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.

Psalms 37:1–40

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Genesis 8:21

Yahweh smelled the pleasant aroma. Yahweh said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike every living thing, as I have done.

Ephesians 4:31–32

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

Matthew 13:36–43

Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.” — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 17:2–5

If there is found in your midst, within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, a man or woman who does that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, in transgressing his covenant, — read the full passage →

Exodus 21:15

“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

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 →

Ephesians 6:1–24

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

John 4:1

Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

Psalms 73:1–28

Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. — read the full passage →

Numbers 25:1–9

Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab; — read the full passage →

Exodus 1:1–2:10

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob): — read the full passage →

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