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Quotes About Evil

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
~ Proverbs 4:16
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
~ Proverbs 4:17
Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
~ Proverbs 4:27
With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
~ Proverbs 6:14
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
~ Proverbs 6:18
To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
~ Proverbs 8:13
The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
~ Proverbs 10:29
Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
~ Proverbs 11:19
He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.
~ Proverbs 11:27
The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
~ Proverbs 12:2
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
~ Proverbs 12:12
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
~ Proverbs 12:13
Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
~ Proverbs 12:20
Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
~ Proverbs 13:19
A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
~ Proverbs 14:16
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
~ Proverbs 14:19
Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.
~ Proverbs 14:22
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
~ Proverbs 15:3
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.
~ Proverbs 15:28
By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.
~ Proverbs 16:6
The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.
~ Proverbs 16:17
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
~ Proverbs 16:27
He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
~ Proverbs 16:30
A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
~ Proverbs 17:4