Bible Verses about 'Evil'

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• Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.
  Romans 12:21evilgoodnessovercoming
• Wash yourselves and become clean;
  remove your evil deeds
  far from my sight.
  Cease to do evil.
  Isaiah 1:16sinpurificationevil
• The fear of the Lord implies hatred of evil;
  I hate pride and arrogance,
  evil ways and perverse speech.
  Proverbs 8:13aweprideevil
• Shun evil and do good;
  seek peace and pursue it.
  Psalm 34:15evilgoodnesspeace
• A good man produces good from the store of goodness in his heart, whereas an evil man produces evil from the store of evil within him. For the mouth speaks from the abundance of the heart.
  Luke 6:45sinspeakingblessing
• Make sure that no one pays back evil for evil. Rather, always aim to achieve what is best for each other and for everyone.
  1 Thessalonians 5:15blamelessrighteousnessevil
• Then keep your tongue from evil
  and your lips from telling lies.
  Psalm 34:14speakingeviltruth
• Do not repay evil with evil or abuse with abuse. On the contrary, repay with a blessing. This is what you were called to do, so that you might inherit a blessing.
  1 Peter 3:9speakingblessingcalling
• Do not swerve either to the right or to the left;
  keep your foot far from evil.
  Proverbs 4:27evilrighteousnessfollowing
• And do not lead us into temptation,
  but deliver us from the evil one.
  Matthew 6:13temptationdesiresevil
• Let your love be sincere. Loathe what is evil and hold fast to what is good.
  Romans 12:9loveevilgoodness
• Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil,
  but those who counsel peace have joy.
  Proverbs 12:20eviljoypeace
• Test everything, and hold fast to what is good. Avoid every form of evil.
  1 Thessalonians 5:21-22understandingevilprophecy
• However, the Lord is faithful. He will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
  2 Thessalonians 3:3reliabilitysafetystrength
• For:
  “If anyone wishes to love life
  and to experience good days,
  he must restrain his tongue from evil
  and his lips from deceitful speech.
  He must turn away from evil and do good,
  seek peace and pursue it.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11lovepeacelife
• All you need to do is to say ‘Yes’ if you mean ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ if you mean ‘No.’ Anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
  Matthew 5:37reliabilityevilspeaking
• I am not asking you
  to take them out of the world,
  but I do ask you
  to protect them from the evil one.
  John 17:15safetymediatorevil
• Because the sentence for committing an evil act is not carried out quickly, people’s hearts are prone to act wickedly.
  Ecclesiastes 8:11sinheartpunishment
• Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the prophets of that time proclaimed. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Forsake your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they refused to listen or to pay attention to me, says the Lord.
  Zechariah 1:4conversionevillistening
• The face of the Lord is turned against those who do evil,
  to erase all memory of them from the earth.
  Psalm 34:17evilsin
• Seek good and not evil,
  so that you may live.
  Then the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you
  as you claim he is.
  Amos 5:14holinessrewardseeking
• Let those who love the Lord hate evil,
  for he protects the souls of his faithful ones
  and rescues them from the hand of the wicked.
  Psalm 97:10reliabilityredeemerevil
• While experiencing temptation, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
  James 1:13temptationdesiresunderstanding
• Take care, brethren, that none of you will ever have an evil and unbelieving heart that will cause you to forsake the living God.
  Hebrews 3:12angerevilheart
• When God saw by their actions that they had turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not inflict upon them the punishment that he had threatened.
  Jonah 3:10repentanceforgivenessgrace