Bible Verses about 'Wicked'
- Better is the little that the righteous has
than the abundance of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
but the Lord upholds the righteous. - The wicked borrows but does not pay back,
but the righteous is generous and gives. - The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot. - Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
- The hope of the righteous brings joy,
but the expectation of the wicked will perish. - Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. - The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse. - The wicked earns deceptive wages,
but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward. - The tongue of the righteous is choice silver;
the heart of the wicked is of little worth. - The Lord watches over the sojourners;
he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. - O you who love the Lord, hate evil!
He preserves the lives of his saints;
he delivers them from the hand of the wicked. - Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?
- For the Lord loves justice;
he will not forsake his saints.
They are preserved forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. - Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers. - But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
- Let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. - If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
- Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
over the man who carries out evil devices! - God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.
- Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts!
And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting! - For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness. - Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
forget not the afflicted. - The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
“I the Lord search the heart
and test the mind,
to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.” - All day long he craves and craves,
but the righteous gives and does not hold back. - The Lord is slow to anger and great in power,
and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty.
His way is in whirlwind and storm,
and the clouds are the dust of his feet. - And a highway shall be there,
and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
the unclean shall not pass over it.
It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
even if they are fools, they shall not go astray. - The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the blameless,
but destruction to evildoers. - Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment.
- We have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules.
- Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one.
- Do not envy a man of violence
and do not choose any of his ways,
for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,
but the upright are in his confidence. - For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
and I will remember their sins no more. - Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
- Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
but righteousness delivers from death. - Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. - Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.
- Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
- Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
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