Evil (2/3)

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness… James 1:21

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.
James 1:21 salvation Word of God conversion
For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,
And His ears attend to their prayer,
But the face of the Lord is against evildoers.
1 Peter 3:12 righteousness prayer listening

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 sin purification repentance
Blessed are you when the people hate you, and when they exclude you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man.
Luke 6:22 blessing persecution Jesus
Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
Ephesians 6:13 protection devil temptation
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.
James 3:16 sin selfishness
It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things;
He knows what is in the darkness,
And the light dwells with Him.
Daniel 2:22 almighty sin God
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years approach when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 creation life joy
Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
But counselors of peace have joy.
Proverbs 12:20 joy peace
Then the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not reach out and put your hand on him.” So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.
Job 1:12 devil protection almighty
Act as free people, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bond-servants of God.
1 Peter 2:16 life freedom serving
And who is there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good?
1 Peter 3:13 goodness work
For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
1 Timothy 6:10 money greed desires
Keep your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.
Psalm 34:13 speaking truth lying
“Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.
Zechariah 1:4 conversion listening
But make sure your statement is, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil origin.
Matthew 5:37 reliability speaking
Do not turn to the right or to the left;
Turn your foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:27 righteousness following self-control
Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
Matthew 5:11 blessing persecution gossip
Take care, brothers and sisters, that there will not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.
Hebrews 3:12 anger heart neighbor
It does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:6-7 love truth protection
You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
John 15:3 purification Word of God speaking
Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out with his hand, and take fruit also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— therefore the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
Genesis 3:22-23 eternal life sin life
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of mankind among them are fully given to do evil.
Ecclesiastes 8:11 sin heart punishment
Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
2 Timothy 2:22 desires temptation righteousness
Stand firm therefore, having belted your waist with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having strapped on your feet the preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Ephesians 6:14-16 truth righteousness evangelism

When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their evil way, then God relented of the disaster which He had declared He would bring on them. So He did not do it.