Bible Verses about 'Evil'
- Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
- To fear the Lord is to hate evil;
I hate pride and arrogance,
evil behavior and perverse speech. - Turn from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it. - A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
- Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
- Wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;
stop doing wrong. - Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies. - Do not turn to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil. - And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one. - Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
- But test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.
- All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
- Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,
but those who promote peace have joy. - But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
- Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.
- For, “Whoever would love life
and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
and their lips from deceitful speech.
They must turn from evil and do good;
they must seek peace and pursue it.” - My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.
- Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.
- Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is. - But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to blot out their name from the earth. - For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
- Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
- Let those who love the Lord hate evil,
for he guards the lives of his faithful ones
and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. - Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
- Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
Bible verse of the day
Let your eyes look straight ahead;fix your gaze directly before you.