Topic

Keep Evil Away

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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. ’

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 →

James 4:7

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Psalms 37:1–40

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

Psalms 121:7

Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

Luke 10:19

Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.

Proverbs 4:14–15

Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men. — read the full passage →

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from every form of evil.

Psalms 34:14

Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don’t know.

2 Timothy 2:22

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Matthew 6:9–13

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. — read the full passage →

Psalms 97:10

You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

Proverbs 3:7

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

1 Peter 5:8–9

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. — read the full passage →

Romans 12:9

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

1 Corinthians 15:33

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

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

3 John 1:11

Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.

Psalms 23:1–6

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

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Isaiah 58:9

Then you shall call, and Yahweh will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from your midst the yoke, the putting out of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

Ephesians 6:11–12

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. — read the full passage →

Matthew 18:20

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”

James 5:16

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Ephesians 4:27

neither give place to the devil.

Ephesians 5:11

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

Philippians 3:14

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 12:21

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

Isaiah 55:8

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” says Yahweh.

Romans 2:6–8

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

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

1 Peter 3:11

Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

Philippians 4:6–7

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

James 4:2

You lust, and don’t have. You kill, covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.

Luke 1:74

to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,

Psalms 69:30–31

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 10:4

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

2 Timothy 2:22–23

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. — read the full passage →

1 John 5:18

We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

1 John 4:4

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

1 Corinthians 11:1–2

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

Revelation 14:18

Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Send your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth’s grapes are fully ripe!”

Philippians 4:23

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Ephesians 6:11–13

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 5:1–30

Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 55:1–13

“Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 11:1–40

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.

Psalms 31:1–24

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

2 Corinthians 5:9–10

Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him. — read the full passage →

Mark 12:1–44

He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country. — read the full passage →

Psalms 89:1–52

I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Galatians 3:13

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”

Proverbs 4:27

Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

Psalms 139:1–24

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. — read the full passage →

Romans 11:19–22

You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.” — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Joel 2:28

“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

Psalms 101:3

I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

Revelation 22:1–21

He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, — read the full passage →

Romans 1:18–32

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 →

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

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.

Psalms 18:30

As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

Psalms 10:6

He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”

Psalms 121:1–8

I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? — read the full passage →

Psalms 101:4

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

John 17:15

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

1 Corinthians 12:12–27

For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. — read the full passage →

John 3:16–17

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. — read the full passage →

Psalms 121:7–8

Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul. — read the full passage →

Psalms 37:27

Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

Job 28:28

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

1 John 3:8

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

1 Peter 3:10–12

For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 3:10–11

For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit. — read the full passage →

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me,Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”

Psalms 119:133

Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalms 91:1–2

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

1 John 5:18–19

We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 6:11

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Ephesians 6:10–12

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 6:10–18

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 6:14

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Romans 16:19

For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.

Romans 16:17

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

Matthew 26:41

Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

2 Samuel 22:4

I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from my enemies.

Deuteronomy 23:9

When you go out and camp against your enemies, then you shall keep yourselves from every evil thing.

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

2 Corinthians 10:3–5

For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh; — read the full passage →

Psalms 34:13–14

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies. — read the full passage →

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