Quotes About Wickedness

Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.

A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!

A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.

Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;

for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.

Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.

For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.

For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

Remove the wicked from the kingís presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.

When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.

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

An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.

Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”

In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.