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100 Bible Verses about Evil Men

Proverbs 8:13 ESV / 526 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

Romans 12:21 ESV / 519 helpful votes

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 468 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 400 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Romans 6:23 ESV / 375 helpful votes

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

Psalm 5:4 ESV / 364 helpful votes

For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you.

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 358 helpful votes

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 323 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Revelation 11:1-19 ESV / 320 helpful votes

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. ...

Psalm 119:2 ESV / 319 helpful votes

Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,

Romans 3:23 ESV / 297 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Isaiah 45:7 ESV / 293 helpful votes

I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

James 1:13 ESV / 289 helpful votes

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

1 John 5:19 ESV / 288 helpful votes

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 288 helpful votes

Abstain from every form of evil.

Matthew 6:13 ESV / 280 helpful votes

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Genesis 50:20 ESV / 277 helpful votes

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

Romans 12:9 ESV / 274 helpful votes

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 261 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

John 3:20 ESV / 251 helpful votes

For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.

Isaiah 5:20 ESV / 251 helpful votes

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!

Mark 7:20-23 ESV / 242 helpful votes

And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

1 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 239 helpful votes

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 239 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Psalm 97:10 ESV / 237 helpful votes

O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Romans 16:2 ESV / 235 helpful votes

That you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well.

John 3:16 ESV / 223 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 13:4 ESV / 204 helpful votes

For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.

Isaiah 1:16 ESV / 201 helpful votes

Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil,

John 14:15 ESV / 200 helpful votes

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Micah 2:1 ESV / 195 helpful votes

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Proverbs 28:1-28 ESV / 194 helpful votes

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue. A poor man who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food. Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them. Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely. ...

2 Thessalonians 3:2 ESV / 193 helpful votes

And that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith.

Romans 3:10-18 ESV / 193 helpful votes

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” “Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.” “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.” ...

Acts 17:30 ESV / 193 helpful votes

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

Acts 3:19 ESV / 193 helpful votes

Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,

John 8:24 ESV / 193 helpful votes

I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”

Ecclesiastes 12:14 ESV / 193 helpful votes

For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.

Psalm 37:1-40 ESV / 193 helpful votes

Of David. Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. ...

Psalm 37:1 ESV / 193 helpful votes

Of David. Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!

Psalm 34:21 ESV / 193 helpful votes

Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

Proverbs 6:12-16 ESV / 192 helpful votes

A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing. There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:

2 Timothy 4:18 ESV / 186 helpful votes

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 178 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

James 1:19-20 ESV / 176 helpful votes

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Jude 1:6 ESV / 169 helpful votes

And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—

John 3:16-17 ESV / 169 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Proverbs 25:26 ESV / 169 helpful votes

Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

Romans 12:19 ESV / 168 helpful votes

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 167 helpful votes

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

1 Peter 3:8-18 ESV / 167 helpful votes

Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” ...

Ephesians 2:2 ESV / 167 helpful votes

In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 167 helpful votes

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 is upon them.

1 Peter 3:9 ESV / 166 helpful votes

Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV / 166 helpful votes

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 166 helpful votes

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Matthew 18:15-17 ESV / 166 helpful votes

“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 166 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Matthew 5:43-48 ESV / 166 helpful votes

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? ...

Isaiah 32:6 ESV / 166 helpful votes

For the fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the Lord, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink.

Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 166 helpful votes

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

Exodus 14:14 ESV / 166 helpful votes

The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”

Genesis 6:5 ESV / 166 helpful votes

The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 165 helpful votes

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

Matthew 12:34 ESV / 165 helpful votes

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 165 helpful votes

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Isaiah 48:22 ESV / 165 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 3:7 ESV / 165 helpful votes

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.

Jude 1:5 ESV / 164 helpful votes

Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

Galatians 2:11-14 ESV / 164 helpful votes

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

1 Corinthians 6:2 ESV / 164 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?

Romans 8:2 ESV / 164 helpful votes

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

John 4:1 ESV / 164 helpful votes

Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

Mark 7:21-22 ESV / 164 helpful votes

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

Mark 7:3 ESV / 164 helpful votes

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders,

Matthew 13:36-43 ESV / 164 helpful votes

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. ...

Matthew 12:34-35 ESV / 164 helpful votes

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

Matthew 12:2 ESV / 164 helpful votes

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”

Psalm 50:19 ESV / 164 helpful votes

“You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

Genesis 3:3 ESV / 164 helpful votes

But God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

Romans 1:26 ESV / 156 helpful votes

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;

Ephesians 6:11 ESV / 153 helpful votes

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

Psalm 121:7-8 ESV / 153 helpful votes

The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 149 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 149 helpful votes

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

James 1:21 ESV / 148 helpful votes

Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 ESV / 147 helpful votes

But test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.

1 Thessalonians 5:15 ESV / 147 helpful votes

See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.

Ephesians 4:26-27 ESV / 147 helpful votes

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.

Romans 16:17 ESV / 147 helpful votes

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.

Romans 2:6-8 ESV / 147 helpful votes

He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.

John 17:15 ESV / 147 helpful votes

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.

John 1:5 ESV / 147 helpful votes

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Zechariah 7:9-10 ESV / 147 helpful votes

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.”

Proverbs 4:27 ESV / 147 helpful votes

Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.

Proverbs 3:7-8 ESV / 147 helpful votes

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.

Psalm 119:133 ESV / 147 helpful votes

Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.

Psalm 34:14 ESV / 147 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 3:13 ESV / 146 helpful votes

Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

1 Peter 3:12 ESV / 146 helpful votes

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

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