Quotes About Evil

Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?

Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

And He said to man, ëBehold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.í”

But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.

if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,

Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.

Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.

Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.

You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.

Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.