Bible Verses about 'Evil'

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• Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
  Romans 12:21 evil goodness overcoming
• The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
  Pride and arrogance and the evil way
  And the perverse mouth I hate.
  Proverbs 8:13 awe pride evil
• Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
  Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
  Cease to do evil.
  Isaiah 1:16 sin purification evil
• Depart from evil and do good;
  Seek peace and pursue it.
  Psalm 34:14 evil goodness peace
• A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
  Luke 6:45 sin speaking blessing
• Keep your tongue from evil,
  And your lips from speaking deceit.
  Psalm 34:13 speaking evil truth
• See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.
  1 Thessalonians 5:15 blameless righteousness evil
• Not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.
  1 Peter 3:9 speaking blessing calling
• Do not turn to the right or the left;
  Remove your foot from evil.
  Proverbs 4:27 evil righteousness following
• Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.
  Romans 12:9 love evil goodness
• And do not lead us into temptation,
  But deliver us from the evil one.
  For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
  Matthew 6:13 temptation desires evil
• Because the 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 8:11 sin heart punishment
• Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
  But counselors of peace have joy.
  Proverbs 12:20 evil joy peace
• Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.
  1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 understanding evil prophecy
• But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
  2 Thessalonians 3:3 reliability safety strength
• But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.
  Matthew 5:37 reliability evil speaking
• For
  “He who would love life
  And see good days,
  Let him refrain 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 3:10-11 love peace life
• I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.
  John 17:15 safety mediator evil
• “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not hear nor heed Me,” says the Lord.
  Zechariah 1:4 conversion evil listening
• Seek good and not evil,
  That you may live;
  So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,
  As you have spoken.
  Amos 5:14 holiness reward seeking
• You who love the Lord, hate evil!
  He preserves the souls of His saints;
  He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
  Psalm 97:10 reliability redeemer evil
• Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.
  James 1:13 temptation desires understanding
• The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
  To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
  Psalm 34:16 evil sin
• Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
  Ephesians 6:13 protection evil devil
• Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.
  Matthew 5:11 blessing persecution evil
• And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!
  2 Timothy 4:18 protection evil heaven
• Do not be wise in your own eyes;
  Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
  It will be health to your flesh,
  And strength to your bones.
  Proverbs 3:7-8 awe blessing evil
• Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God.
  Hebrews 3:12 anger evil heart
• For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.
  James 3:16 sin selfishness evil
• See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
  Ephesians 5:15-16 wisdom life mind
• Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.
  Jonah 3:10 repentance forgiveness grace
• Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
  Colossians 3:5 sin desires materialism
• And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”
  Mark 7:20-23 sin purification temptation
• Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
  I will fear no evil;
  For You are with me;
  Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
  Psalm 23:4 fear encouragement death
• Blessed are you when men hate you,
  And when they exclude you,
  And revile you, and cast out your name as evil,
  For the Son of Man’s sake.
  Luke 6:22 blessing persecution evil
• For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
  And His ears are open to their prayers;
  But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
  1 Peter 3:12 righteousness prayer listening
• If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!
  Luke 11:13 Spirit prayer family
• As free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.
  1 Peter 2:16 life freedom evil
• The Lord shall preserve you from all evil;
  He shall preserve your soul.
  The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in
  From this time forth, and even forevermore.
  Psalm 121:7-8 hope life evil
• But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.
  Genesis 50:20 God life evil
• Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
  1 Corinthians 15:33 evil goodness friendship
• For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  1 Timothy 6:10 money evil greed
• Thus says the Lord of hosts:
  ‘Execute true justice,
  Show mercy and compassion
  Everyone to his brother.
  Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless,
  The alien or the poor.
  Let none of you plan evil in his heart
  Against his brother.’
  Zechariah 7:9-10 evil righteousness neighbor
• A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself;
  The simple pass on and are punished.
  Proverbs 27:12 mind safety protection
• He who walks uprightly,
  And works righteousness,
  And speaks the truth in his heart;
  He who does not backbite with his tongue,
  Nor does evil to his neighbor,
  Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend.
  Psalm 15:2-3 truth blameless gossip
• Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
  Genesis 3:22-23 eternal life sin life
• For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
  Jeremiah 29:11 planning blessing hope
• Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him;
  Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
  Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
  Psalm 37:7 honesty life patience
• For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
  Ephesians 6:12 Spirit heaven evil
• Therefore remove sorrow from your heart,
  And put away evil from your flesh,
  For childhood and youth are vanity.
  Ecclesiastes 11:10 sadness worrying heart