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 hatred of evil.
  Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
  and perverted speech I hate.
  Proverbs 8:13 awe pride evil
• Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
  remove 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
• The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.
  Luke 6:45 sin speaking blessing
• See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.
  1 Thessalonians 5:15 blameless righteousness evil
• Keep your tongue from evil,
  and your lips from speaking deceit.
  Psalm 34:13 speaking evil truth
• Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse; but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.
  1 Peter 3:9 speaking blessing calling
• Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
  turn your foot away from evil.
  Proverbs 4:27 evil righteousness following
• Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good.
  Romans 12:9 love evil goodness
• And do not bring us to the time of trial,
  but rescue us from the evil one.
  Matthew 6:13 temptation desires evil
• Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the human heart is fully set to do evil.
  Ecclesiastes 8:11 sin heart punishment
• Deceit is in the mind of those who plan evil,
  but those who counsel peace have joy.
  Proverbs 12:20 evil joy peace
• Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one.
  Matthew 5:37 reliability evil speaking
• But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
  2 Thessalonians 3:3 reliability safety strength
• But test everything; hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil.
  1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 understanding evil prophecy
• For
  “Those who desire life
  and desire to see good days,
  let them keep their tongues from evil
  and their lips from speaking deceit;
  let them turn away from evil and do good;
  let them seek peace and pursue it.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11 love peace life
• I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one.
  John 17:15 safety mediator evil
• Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.” But they did not hear or heed me, says the Lord.
  Zechariah 1:4 conversion evil listening
• Seek good and not evil,
  that you may live;
  and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you,
  just as you have said.
  Amos 5:14 holiness reward seeking
• The Lord loves those who hate evil;
  he guards the lives of his faithful;
  he rescues them from the hand of the wicked.
  Psalm 97:10 reliability redeemer evil
• No one, when tempted, should say, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one.
  James 1:13 temptation desires understanding
• As servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a pretext for evil.
  1 Peter 2:16 life freedom evil
• The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
  2 Timothy 4:18 protection evil heaven
• Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
  Matthew 5:11 blessing persecution evil
• Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
  Ephesians 6:13 protection evil devil
• Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
  Hebrews 3:12 anger evil heart
• Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).
  Colossians 3:5 sin desires materialism
• Do not be wise in your own eyes;
  fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
  It will be a healing for your flesh
  and a refreshment for your body.
  Proverbs 3:7-8 awe blessing evil
• Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
  I fear no evil;
  for you are with me;
  your rod and your staff—
  they comfort me.
  Psalm 23:4 fear encouragement death
• Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
  Ephesians 5:15-16 wisdom life mind
• When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it.
  Jonah 3:10 repentance forgiveness grace
• And he said, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles. For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
  Mark 7:20-23 sin purification temptation
• For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
  and his ears are open to their prayer.
  But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
  1 Peter 3:12 righteousness prayer listening
• If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!
  Luke 11:13 Spirit prayer family
• The Lord will keep you from all evil;
  he will keep your life.
  The Lord will keep
  your going out and your coming in
  from this time on and forevermore.
  Psalm 121:7-8 hope life evil
• The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
  to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
  Psalm 34:16 evil sin
• For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
  1 Timothy 6:10 money evil greed
• For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.
  James 3:16 sin selfishness evil
• Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man.
  Luke 6:22 blessing persecution evil
• Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him;
  do not fret over those who prosper in their way,
  over those who carry out evil devices.
  Psalm 37:7 honesty life patience
• Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.
  Zechariah 7:9-10 evil righteousness neighbor
• Those who walk blamelessly, and do what is right,
  and speak the truth from their heart;
  who do not slander with their tongue,
  and do no evil to their friends,
  nor take up a reproach against their neighbors.
  Psalm 15:2-3 truth blameless gossip
• For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
  Ephesians 6:12 Spirit heaven evil
• Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.
  Genesis 50:20 God life evil
• Then the Lord God said, “See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
  Genesis 3:22-23 eternal life sin life
• Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
  Ephesians 6:14-16 truth righteousness evangelism
• Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.
  Ephesians 4:29 speaking gossip goodness
• Do not be deceived:
  “Bad company ruins good morals.”
  1 Corinthians 15:33 evil goodness friendship
• The clever see danger and hide;
  but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
  Proverbs 27:12 mind safety protection