Bible Verses about 'Avoid evil'

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• Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
  Romans 12:21evilgoodnessovercoming
• The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil.
  I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
  Proverbs 8:13aweprideevil
• Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean.
  Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes.
  Cease to do evil.
  Isaiah 1:16sinpurificationevil
• Depart from evil, and do good.
  Seek peace, and pursue it.
  Psalm 34:14evilgoodnesspeace
• Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil.
  1 Thessalonians 5:21-22understandingevilprophecy
• The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.
  Luke 6:45sinspeakingblessing
• Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.
  Romans 16:17holinesscommunityevil
• See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all.
  1 Thessalonians 5:15blamelessrighteousnessevil
• Keep your tongue from evil,
  and your lips from speaking lies.
  Psalm 34:13speakingeviltruth
• Not rendering evil for evil or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.
  1 Peter 3:9speakingblessingcalling
• Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left.
  Remove your foot from evil.
  Proverbs 4:27evilrighteousnessfollowing
• It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
  but every fool will be quarreling.
  Proverbs 20:3speakingpeaceanger
• Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
  Romans 12:9loveevilgoodness
• Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
  Ecclesiastes 8:11sinheartpunishment
• Bring us not into temptation,
  but deliver us from the evil one.
  For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
  Matthew 6:13temptationdesiresevil
• Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil,
  but joy comes to the promoters of peace.
  Proverbs 12:20eviljoypeace
• But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
  2 Thessalonians 3:3reliabilitysafetystrength
• But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
  Matthew 5:37reliabilityevilspeaking
• For,
  “He who would 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.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11lovepeacelife
• I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.
  John 17:15safetymediatorevil
• Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Yahweh of Armies says, ‘Return now from your evil ways and from your evil doings;’ but they didn’t hear nor listen to me, says Yahweh.
  Zechariah 1:4conversionevillistening
• Seek good, and not evil,
  that you may live;
  and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you,
  as you say.
  Amos 5:14holinessrewardseeking
• Yahweh’s face is against those who do evil,
  to cut off their memory from the earth.
  Psalm 34:16evilsin
• For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
  James 3:16sinselfishnessevil
• You who love Yahweh, hate evil!
  He preserves the souls of his saints.
  He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
  Psalm 97:10reliabilityredeemerevil