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.
- Wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;
stop doing wrong. - 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.
- 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. - Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
- And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us 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.
- But test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.
- Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,
but those who promote peace have joy. - All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
- But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
- 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.
- But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to blot out their name from the earth. - Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is. - 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. - When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.
- For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
- When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone.
- Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord and shun evil.
This will bring health to your body
and nourishment to your bones.Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”Next verse!With image 
