Haller's Concordance: EVIL
- And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; and the tree of life, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Gen. 2:9
- but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest of it thou shalt certainly die. Gen. 2:17
- but God knows that in the day ye eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as God, knowing good and evil. Gen. 3:5
- And Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever ...! Gen. 3:22
- And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually. Gen. 6:5
- And Jehovah smelled the sweet odour. And Jehovah said in his heart, I will no more henceforth curse the ground on account of Man, for the thought of Man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will no more smite every living thing, as I have done. Gen. 8:21
- And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac his father. Gen. 28:8
- These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his brethren; and he was doing service with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought to his father an evil report of them. Gen. 37:2
- And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams. Gen. 37:20
- And he discerned it, and said, It is my son's vest! an evil beast has devoured him: Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces! Gen. 37:33
- And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and he slew him also. Gen. 38:10
- They were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, when Joseph said to him who was over his house, Up! follow after the men; and when thou overtakest them, thou shalt say to them, Why have ye rewarded evil for good? Gen. 44:4
- Is not this it in which my lord drinks, and in which indeed he divines? Ye have done evil in what ye have done. Gen. 44:5
- for how should I go up to my father if the lad were not with me? -- lest I see the evil that would come on my father. Gen. 44:34
- And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojourning are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they do not attain to the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojourning. Gen. 47:9
- the Angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the land! Gen. 48:16
- When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it was evil in his eyes; and he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. Gen. 48:17
- And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, If now Joseph should be hostile to us, and should indeed requite us all the evil that we did to him! Gen. 50:15
- Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. Gen. 50:17
- Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as it is this day, to save a great people alive. Gen. 50:20
- And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Lord, why hast thou done evil to this people? why now hast thou sent me? Ex. 5:22
- For ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all! Ex. 5:23
- And he said to them, Let Jehovah be so with you, as I let you go, and your little ones: see that evil is before you! Ex. 10:10
- Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert judgment. Ex. 23:2
- Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For misfortune he has brought them out, to slay them on the mountains, and to annihilate them from the face of the earth? Turn from the heat of thine anger, and repent of this evil against thy people! Ex. 32:12
- And Jehovah repented of the evil that he had said he would do to his people. Ex. 32:14
- And when the people heard this evil word, they mourned; and no man put on his ornaments. Ex. 33:4
- Or if any one swear, talking rashly with the lips, to do evil or to do good, in everything that a man shall say rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him, when he knoweth it, then is he guilty in one of these. Lev. 5:4
- And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will put away the evil beasts out of the land; and the sword shall not go through your land. Lev. 26:6
- And it came to pass that when the people murmured, it was evil in the ears of Jehovah; and Jehovah heard it, and his anger was kindled, and the fire of Jehovah burned among them, and consumed some in the extremity of the camp. Num. 11:1
- And Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every one at the entrance of his tent; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled greatly; it was also evil in the eyes of Moses. Num. 11:10
- And Moses said to Jehovah, Why hast thou done evil to thy servant, and why have I not found favour in thine eyes, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? Num. 11:11
- And they brought to the children of Israel an evil report of the land which they had searched out, saying, The land, which we have passed through to search it out, is a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we have seen in it are men of great stature; Num. 13:32
- How long shall I bear with this evil assembly, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. Num. 14:27
- I Jehovah have spoken; I will surely do it unto all this evil assembly which have gathered together against me! in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. Num. 14:35
- And the men whom Moses had sent to search out the land, who returned, and made the whole assembly to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report upon the land, Num. 14:36
- even those men who had brought up an evil report upon the land, died by a plague before Jehovah. Num. 14:37
- And why have ye made us to go up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink. Num. 20:5
- how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians evil entreated us and our fathers; Num. 20:15
- And Balaam said to the Angel of Jehovah, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me; and now, if it be evil in thine eyes, I will get me back again. Num. 22:34
- And Jehovah's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation was consumed that had done evil in the eyes of Jehovah. Num. 32:13
- None among these men, this evil generation, shall in any wise see that good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers! Dt. 1:35
- And your little ones, of whom ye said, They shall be a prey, and your children, who this day know neither good nor evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. Dt. 1:39
- When thou begettest sons, and sons' sons, and ye have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, to provoke him to anger, Dt. 4:25
- and Jehovah will take away from thee all sickness, and none of the evil infirmities of Egypt, which thou knowest, will he put upon thee; but he will lay them upon all them that hate thee. Dt. 7:15
- And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights, -- I ate no bread and drank no water, -- because of all your sin which ye had sinned, in doing what is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. Dt. 9:18
- And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; for he hath spoken revolt against Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, -- to draw thee out of the way that Jehovah thy God commanded thee to walk in; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. Dt. 13:5
- Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee. Dt. 15:9
- But if there be a defect therein, if it be lame, or blind, or have any evil defect, thou shalt not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God. Dt. 15:21
- If there be found in thy midst in any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth what is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant, Dt. 17:2
- The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. Dt. 17:7
- And the man that shall act presumptuously, and not hearken unto the priest that standeth to serve there before Jehovah thy God, or unto the judge, that man shall die; and thou shalt put away evil from Israel. Dt. 17:12
- then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. Dt. 19:19
- And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in thy midst. Dt. 19:20
- And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die. And thou shalt put evil away from thy midst; and all Israel shall hear and fear. Dt. 21:21
- and charge her with things for scandalous talk, and cause an evil name against her to be spread abroad, and say, This woman have I taken, and I came in unto her, and I did not find her a virgin; Dt. 22:14
- and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath caused an evil name to be spread abroad against a virgin in Israel. And she shall remain his wife: he may not put her away all his days. Dt. 22:19
- then they shall bring out the damsel unto the entrance of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought infamy in Israel, committing fornication in her father's house; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. Dt. 22:21
- If a man be found lying with a man's wife, they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; and thou shalt put away evil from Israel. Dt. 22:22
- then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. Dt. 22:24
- When thou goest forth into camp against thine enemies, then keep thee from every evil thing. Dt. 23:9
- If a man be found who hath stolen one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and who hath treated him as a slave and sold him, that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. Dt. 24:7
- Jehovah will smite thee in the knees and in the legs with evil ulcers, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. Dt. 28:35
- The eye of the man in thy midst that is tender and very luxurious shall be evil towards his brother, and the wife of his bosom, and the residue of his children which he hath left; Dt. 28:54
- The eye of the tender and luxurious woman in thy midst who would not attempt to set the sole of her foot upon the ground from luxuriousness and from tenderness, shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and her son, and her daughter, Dt. 28:56
- then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, great and persistent plagues and evil and persistent sicknesses; Dt. 28:59
- See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil, Dt. 30:15
- For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and will turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and mischief will befall you at the end of days; because ye do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. Dt. 31:29
- But it shall come to pass, that as every good word hath been fulfilled to you, that Jehovah your God spoke to you, so will Jehovah bring upon you every evil word, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you; Josh. 23:15
- And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah. Josh. 24:15
- And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baals. Judg. 2:11
- Whithersoever they went out the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had said, and as Jehovah had sworn unto them; and they were greatly distressed. Judg. 2:15
- And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgot Jehovah their God, and served the Baals and the Asherahs. Judg. 3:7
- And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they did evil in the sight of Jehovah. Judg. 3:12
- And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; now Ehud was dead. Judg. 4:1
- And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. Judg. 6:1
- And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem; and the citizens of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech, Judg. 9:23
- And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render back upon their heads; and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. Judg. 9:57
- And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baals, and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Jehovah, and served him not. Judg. 10:6
- And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. Judg. 13:1
- And now give up the men, the sons of Belial, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel. Judg. 20:13
- And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil deeds from all this people. 1 Sam. 2:23
- And see, if it go up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, it is he who has done us this great evil; if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that touched us; it was a chance that happened to us. 1 Sam. 6:9
- Why then didst thou not hearken to the voice of Jehovah, but didst fall upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of Jehovah? 1 Sam. 15:19
- And the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah troubled him. 1 Sam. 16:14
- And Saul's servants said to him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubles thee. 1 Sam. 16:15
- Let our lord now speak; thy servants are before thee: they shall seek out a man, a skilful player on a harp; and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. 1 Sam. 16:16
- And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand; and Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. 1 Sam. 16:23
- And Saul was very wroth, and that saying was evil in his sight; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed the thousands; and what is there more for him but the kingdom? 1 Sam. 18:8
- And it came to pass the next day that an evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house, but David played with his hand, as on other days; and the spear was in Saul's hand. 1 Sam. 18:10
- And an evil spirit from Jehovah was upon Saul. And he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David played with his hand. 1 Sam. 19:9
- If he say thus, It is well, -- thy servant shall have peace; but if he be very wroth, be sure that evil is determined by him. 1 Sam. 20:7
- And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for, if I knew with certainty that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, would I not tell it thee? 1 Sam. 20:9
- Jehovah do so and much more to Jonathan. Should it please my father to do thee evil, then I will apprise thee of it, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and Jehovah be with thee, as he has been with my father. 1 Sam. 20:13
- And see, my father, yes, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand. For in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou liest in wait for my life to take it. 1 Sam. 24:11
- And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 1 Sam. 24:17
- And the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance; but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was a Calebite. 1 Sam. 25:3
- And now know and consider what thou wilt do, for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household; and he is such a son of Belial, that one cannot speak to him. 1 Sam. 25:17
- Now David had said, Surely, in vain have I kept all that this man had in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his; and he has requited me evil for good. 1 Sam. 25:21
- And now, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah has restrained thee from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. 1 Sam. 25:26
- I pray thee, forgive the transgression of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a lasting house; because my lord fights the battles of Jehovah, and evil has not been found in thee all thy days. 1 Sam. 25:28
- And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil; but Jehovah has returned Nabal's evil upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her as his wife. 1 Sam. 25:39
- And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand? 1 Sam. 26:18
- And Achish called David, and said to him, As Jehovah liveth, thou art upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the camp is acceptable to me; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming to me to this day; but thou art not acceptable to the lords. 1 Sam. 29:6
- And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too hard for me: Jehovah reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness! 2 Sam. 3:39
- And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of Jehovah. 2 Sam. 11:27
- Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah to do evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Urijah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 2 Sam. 12:9
- Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 2 Sam. 12:11
- And she said to him, There is no cause for this evil in sending me away, which is greater than the other that thou didst to me. But he would not hearken to her. 2 Sam. 13:16
- And David said to all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Rise up and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom. Be quick to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword. 2 Sam. 15:14
- Jehovah has returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah has given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and behold, thou art taken in thine own evil, for thou art a man of blood. 2 Sam. 16:8
- And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom. 2 Sam. 17:14
- And the king said to the Cushite, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And the Cushite said, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee for evil, be as that young man. 2 Sam. 18:32
- But now arise, go forth, and speak consolingly to thy servants; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night; and that would be worse to thee than all the evil that has befallen thee from thy youth until now. 2 Sam. 19:7
- And the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it; but Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed among the people, It is enough: withdraw now thine hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 2 Sam. 24:16
- But now Jehovah my God has given me rest on every side: there is neither adversary nor evil event. 1 Ki. 5:4
- And they shall say, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have attached themselves to other gods, and have worshipped them and served them; therefore has Jehovah brought upon them all this evil. 1 Ki. 9:9
- And Solomon did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and followed not fully Jehovah, as David his father. 1 Ki. 11:6
- After this thing Jeroboam turned not from his evil way, but made again from all classes of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. 1 Ki. 13:33
- but thou hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: 1 Ki. 14:9
- therefore behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male, him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. 1 Ki. 14:10
- And Judah did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed more than all that their fathers had done. 1 Ki. 14:22
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel sin. 1 Ki. 15:26
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin where with he made Israel to sin. 1 Ki. 15:34
- And also through the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani the word of Jehovah came against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of Jehovah, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he had smitten him. 1 Ki. 16:7
- and he died for his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of Jehovah, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, making Israel to sin. 1 Ki. 16:19
- And Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah, and did worse than all that were before him. 1 Ki. 16:25
- And Ahab the son of Omri wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah more than all that were before him. 1 Ki. 16:30
- And he cried to Jehovah and said, Jehovah, my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? 1 Ki. 17:20
- And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? And he said, I have found thee; because thou hast sold thyself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah. 1 Ki. 21:20
- Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel; 1 Ki. 21:21
- (Surely there was none like to Ahab, who did sell himself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, Jezebel his wife urging him on. 1 Ki. 21:25
- Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. 1 Ki. 21:29
- And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil: it is Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 1 Ki. 22:8
- And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil? 1 Ki. 22:18
- And now, behold, Jehovah has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and Jehovah has spoken evil concerning thee. 1 Ki. 22:23
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 1 Ki. 22:52
- And he wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; and he took away the column of Baal that his father had made. 2 Ki. 3:2
- And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah: why should I wait for Jehovah any longer? 2 Ki. 6:33
- And Hazael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou kill with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their children, and rip up their women with child. 2 Ki. 8:12
- And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah. 2 Ki. 8:18
- And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of Jehovah, like the house of Ahab; for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab. 2 Ki. 8:27
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin; he departed not from them. 2 Ki. 13:2
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah; he departed not from any of the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: he walked therein. 2 Ki. 13:11
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from any of the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 2 Ki. 14:24
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 2 Ki. 15:9
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not, all his days, from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 2 Ki. 15:18
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 2 Ki. 15:24
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 2 Ki. 15:28
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him. 2 Ki. 17:2
- And Jehovah testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets, all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets. 2 Ki. 17:13
- and they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. 2 Ki. 17:17
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, like the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel. 2 Ki. 21:2
- And he caused his son to pass through the fire, and used magic and divination, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. 2 Ki. 21:6
- But they would not hearken, and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations that Jehovah had destroyed from before the children of Israel. 2 Ki. 21:9
- therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. 2 Ki. 21:12
- because they have done evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt even to this day. 2 Ki. 21:15
- And Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem with it from one end to another; beside his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing evil in the sight of Jehovah. 2 Ki. 21:16
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had done; 2 Ki. 21:20
- Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place and upon the inhabitants thereof, all the words of the book that the king of Judah hath read. 2 Ki. 22:16
- Therefore, behold, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again. 2 Ki. 22:20
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done. 2 Ki. 23:32
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done. 2 Ki. 23:37
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father had done. 2 Ki. 24:9
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 2 Ki. 24:19
- And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, Oh that thou wouldest richly bless me, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God brought about what he had requested. 1 Chr. 4:10
- And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; and as he was destroying, Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough; withdraw now thine hand. And the angel of Jehovah stood by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 1 Chr. 21:15
- And David said to God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? It is I that have sinned and done evil; but these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, Jehovah my God, be on me and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be smitten. 1 Chr. 21:17
- And they shall say, Because they forsook Jehovah the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and have attached themselves to other gods, and have worshipped them and served them; therefore he has brought upon them all this evil. 2 Chr. 7:22
- And he did evil, for he applied not his heart to seek Jehovah. 2 Chr. 12:14
- And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but always evil: it is Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 2 Chr. 18:7
- And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil? 2 Chr. 18:17
- And now, behold, Jehovah has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets; and Jehovah has spoken evil concerning thee. 2 Chr. 18:22
- If evil come upon us, sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, and we stand before this house and before thee -- for thy name is in this house -- and cry unto thee in our distress, then thou wilt hear and save. 2 Chr. 20:9
- And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah. 2 Chr. 21:6
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah like the house of Ahab; for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction. 2 Chr. 22:4
- For our fathers have transgressed, and done evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him and turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and have turned their backs. 2 Chr. 29:6
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, like the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel. 2 Chr. 33:2
- He also caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he used magic and divination and sorcery, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. 2 Chr. 33:6
- And Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, to do more evil than the nations that Jehovah had destroyed from before the children of Israel. 2 Chr. 33:9
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had done; and Amon sacrificed to all the graven images that Manasseh his father had made, and served them. 2 Chr. 33:22
- Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah. 2 Chr. 34:24
- Behold, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof. And they brought the king word again. 2 Chr. 34:28
- Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah his God. 2 Chr. 36:5
- Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah. 2 Chr. 36:9
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah his God; he humbled not himself before the prophet Jeremiah speaking from the mouth of Jehovah. 2 Chr. 36:12
- And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this, Ezra 9:13
- Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have wherewith to spread an evil report, that they might reproach me. Neh. 6:13
- But when they had rest, they did evil again before thee; and thou didst leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them; and again they cried unto thee, and thou heardest them from the heavens, and many times didst thou deliver them, according to thy mercies. Neh. 9:28
- And I came to Jerusalem, and observed the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobijah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. Neh. 13:7
- And I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this which ye do, profaning the sabbath day? Neh. 13:17
- Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us and upon this city? And ye will bring more wrath against Israel by profaning the sabbath. Neh. 13:18
- And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to our God by marrying foreign wives? Neh. 13:27
- And the king in his wrath rose up from the banquet of wine, and went into the palace garden; but Haman stayed to make request for his life to Esther the queen, for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. Esther 7:7
- For how shall I endure to see the evil that shall befall my people? and how shall I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? Esther 8:6
- There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and this man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and abstained from evil. Job 1:1
- And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? Job 1:8
- And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? and still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause. Job 2:3
- But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. We have also received good from God, and should we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips. Job 2:10
- And three friends of Job heard of all this evil that was come upon him. And they came each one from his place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him. Job 2:11
- For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; Job 5:6
- He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee. Job 5:19
- Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions of evil and a time of toil are with me. Job 10:17
- And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. Job 28:28
- For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness. Job 30:26
- If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him; Job 31:29
- Would that Job may be tried unto the end, because of his answers after the manner of evil men! Job 34:36
- There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men. Job 35:12
- And all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house, and they condoled with him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him; and every one gave him a piece of money, and every one a golden ring. Job 42:11
- For thou art not a *God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with thee. Ps. 5:4
- If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;) Ps. 7:4
- Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none. Ps. 10:15
- He that slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour; Ps. 15:3
- For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute. Ps. 21:11
- Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Ps. 23:4
- In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes. Ps. 26:10
- For in the day of evil he will hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tent will he keep me concealed: he will set me high upon a rock. Ps. 27:5
- Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile; Ps. 34:13
- Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. Ps. 34:14
- The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth: Ps. 34:16
- Evil shall destroy the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall bear their guilt. Ps. 34:21
- They reward me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul. Ps. 35:12
- He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil. Ps. 36:4
- Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it would be only to do evil. Ps. 37:8
- they shall not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. Ps. 37:19
- Depart from evil, and do good, and dwell for evermore; Ps. 37:27
- And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good. Ps. 38:20
- Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil. Ps. 41:1
- Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish? Ps. 41:5
- Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit; Ps. 50:19
- Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou judgest. Ps. 51:4
- Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of *God abideth continually. Ps. 52:1
- Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. Ps. 52:3
- He will requite evil to mine enemies: in thy truth cut them off. Ps. 54:5
- All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil. Ps. 56:5
- They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them? Ps. 64:5
- Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, according to the years wherein we have seen evil. Ps. 90:15
- There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. Ps. 91:10
- That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked. Ps. 94:13
- And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off. Ps. 94:23
- Ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints, he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. Ps. 97:10
- A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil. Ps. 101:4
- And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. Ps. 109:5
- Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul. Ps. 109:20
- He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed confiding in Jehovah; Ps. 112:7
- I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word. Ps. 119:101
- Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. Ps. 121:7
- Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man: Ps. 140:1
- Let not the man of evil tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to his ruin. Ps. 140:11
- Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties. Ps. 141:4
- for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. Pr. 1:16
- But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from fear of evil. Pr. 1:33
- To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things; Pr. 2:12
- who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil; Pr. 2:14
- Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil: Pr. 3:7
- Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. Pr. 3:29
- Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men: Pr. 4:14
- Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil. Pr. 4:27
- I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. Pr. 5:14
- to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Pr. 6:24
- The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate. Pr. 8:13
- When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; and the hope of evil men perisheth. Pr. 11:7
- As righteousness tendeth to life, so he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death. Pr. 11:19
- Hand for hand! an evil man shall not be held innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. Pr. 11:21
- The wicked desireth the net of evil men; but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. Pr. 12:12
- In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous man shall go forth out of trouble. Pr. 12:13
- Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; but to the counsellors of peace is joy. Pr. 12:20
- There shall no evil happen to a righteous man; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. Pr. 12:21
- A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health. Pr. 13:17
- The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; but it is abomination to the foolish to depart from evil. Pr. 13:19
- Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid. Pr. 13:21
- A wise man feareth and departeth from evil; but the foolish is overbearing and confident. Pr. 14:16
- The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous man. Pr. 14:19
- Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good. Pr. 14:22
- The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. Pr. 15:3
- All the days of the afflicted are evil; but a cheerful heart is a continual feast. Pr. 15:15
- The thoughts of the evil man are an abomination to Jehovah; but pure words are pleasant. Pr. 15:26
- The heart of a righteous man studieth to answer; but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. Pr. 15:28
- Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own account, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. Pr. 16:4
- By loving-kindness and truth iniquity is atoned for; and by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil. Pr. 16:6
- The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that taketh heed to his way keepeth his soul. Pr. 16:17
- A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire. Pr. 16:27
- He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; biting his lips, he bringeth evil to pass. Pr. 16:30
- An evil man seeketh only rebellion; but a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. Pr. 17:11
- Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. Pr. 17:13
- He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good; and he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil. Pr. 17:20
- The fear of Jehovah tendeth to life, and he that hath it shall rest satisfied without being visited with evil. Pr. 19:23
- A king sitting on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. Pr. 20:8
- Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee. Pr. 20:22
- Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes purge the inner parts of the belly. Pr. 20:30
- The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. Pr. 21:10
- A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Pr. 22:3
- Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties. Pr. 23:6
- Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them; Pr. 24:1
- He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a master of intrigues. Pr. 24:8
- lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger from him. Pr. 24:18
- for there shall be no future to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Pr. 24:20
- lest he that heareth it disgrace thee, and thine evil report turn not away. Pr. 25:10
- A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; the simple pass on, and are punished. Pr. 27:12
- Evil men understand not judgment; but they that seek Jehovah understand everything. Pr. 28:5
- Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, shall himself fall into his own pit; but the perfect shall inherit good. Pr. 28:10
- Happy is the man that feareth always; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evil. Pr. 28:14
- He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him. Pr. 28:22
- In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous shall sing and rejoice. Pr. 29:6
- If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay the hand upon thy mouth. Pr. 30:32
- She doeth him good, and not evil, all the days of her life. Pr. 31:12
- For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. Eccl. 2:21
- and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. Eccl. 4:3
- Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and draw near to hear, rather than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil. Eccl. 5:1
- There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt; Eccl. 5:13
- or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand. Eccl. 5:14
- And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind? Eccl. 5:16
- There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men: Eccl. 6:1
- one to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and a sore evil. Eccl. 6:2
- Be not hasty to go out of his sight; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatever pleaseth him, Eccl. 8:3
- Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart knoweth time and manner. Eccl. 8:5
- Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil. Eccl. 8:11
- Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, because they fear before him; Eccl. 8:12
- This is an evil among all that is done under the sun, that one thing befalleth all: yea, also the heart of the children of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live; and after that, they have to go to the dead. Eccl. 9:3
- For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are taken with the snare, like them are the children of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. Eccl. 9:12
- There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as an error that proceedeth from the ruler: Eccl. 10:5
- Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. Eccl. 11:2
- Then remove discontent from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity. Eccl. 11:10
- And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; Eccl. 12:1
- For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil. Eccl. 12:14
- Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; -- cease to do evil, Isa. 1:16
- The look of their face doth witness against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom: they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil upon themselves. Isa. 3:9
- Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isa. 5:20
- Inasmuch as Syria hath taken evil counsel against thee, Ephraim also and the son of Remaliah, saying, Isa. 7:5
- Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good. Isa. 7:15
- For before the child knoweth to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings thou fearest shall be forsaken. Isa. 7:16
- And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will make the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will bring low the haughtiness of the violent. Isa. 13:11
- But he also is wise, and he bringeth evil, and recalleth not his words; and he will arise against the house of evildoers, and against the help of workers of iniquity. Isa. 31:2
- The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. Isa. 32:7
- -- He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil: Isa. 33:15
- declare the things that are to happen hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods; yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be astonished, and behold it together. Isa. 41:23
- forming the light and creating darkness, making peace and creating evil: I, Jehovah, do all these things. Isa. 45:7
- But evil shall come upon thee -- thou shalt not know from whence it riseth; and mischief shall fall upon thee, which thou shalt not be able to ward off; and desolation that thou suspectest not shall come upon thee suddenly. Isa. 47:11
- Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth fast to it; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. Isa. 56:2
- The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from before the evil. Isa. 57:1
- Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths; Isa. 59:7
- And truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it was evil in his sight that there was no judgment. Isa. 59:15
- I will even assign you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down in the slaughter; because I called, and ye did not answer, I spoke, and ye did not hear; but ye did what was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delight not. Isa. 65:12
- I also will choose their calamities, and will bring their fears upon them; because I called, and none answered, I spoke, and they did not hear, but did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delight not. Isa. 66:4
- And Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north shall evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. Jer. 1:14
- Israel was holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him are guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah. Jer. 2:3
- Thine own wickedness chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reprove thee: know then and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. Jer. 2:19
- Will he keep his anger for ever? Will he preserve it perpetually? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and thou art so determined. Jer. 3:5
- At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem; and they shall no more walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart. Jer. 3:17
- Circumcise yourselves for Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my fury come forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings. Jer. 4:4
- Set up a banner toward Zion; take to flight, stay not! For I am bringing evil from the north, and a great destruction. Jer. 4:6
- For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Jer. 4:22
- They have denied Jehovah, and say, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine; Jer. 5:12
- Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal in Beth-haccerem; for evil appeareth out of the north, and a great destruction. Jer. 6:1
- Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, the fruit of their thoughts; for they have not hearkened unto my words, and as to my law, they have rejected it. Jer. 6:19
- But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward. Jer. 7:24
- For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith Jehovah; they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it. Jer. 7:30
- And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, in all the places whither I have driven those that remain, saith Jehovah of hosts. Jer. 8:3
- And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah. Jer. 9:3
- They are as a palm-column of turned work, and they speak not; they are carried, for they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. Jer. 10:5
- But they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, but have walked every one in the stubbornness of their evil heart; and I have brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, and they have not done. Jer. 11:8
- Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring evil upon them, from which they shall not be able to escape; and they will cry unto me, and I will not hearken unto them. Jer. 11:11
- What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing that the more part practise their evil devices, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? When thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. Jer. 11:15
- For Jehovah of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done for themselves, to provoke me to anger in burning incense unto Baal. Jer. 11:17
- and there shall be no remnant of them; for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, in the year of their visitation. Jer. 11:23
- Thus saith Jehovah against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them up out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. Jer. 12:14
- This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and go after other gods, to serve them and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle which is good for nothing. Jer. 13:10
- Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil. Jer. 13:23
- Jehovah said, Verily I will set thee free for thy good; verily I will cause the enemy to meet thee kindly in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. Jer. 15:11
- And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt declare unto this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath Jehovah pronounced all this great evil against us? and what is our iniquity? and what is our sin which we have committed against Jehovah our God? Jer. 16:10
- and you, ye have done still worse than your fathers; and there ye are walking every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, not to hearken unto me: Jer. 16:12
- Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil. Jer. 17:17
- Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and break them with a double breaking. Jer. 17:18
- if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, then I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. Jer. 18:8
- if it do evil in my sight, that it hearken not unto my voice, then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them. Jer. 18:10
- And now, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I prepare evil against you, and devise a device against you: turn ye then every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings. Jer. 18:11
- But they say, There is no hope; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will each one do according to the stubbornness of his evil heart. Jer. 18:12
- Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them. Jer. 18:20
- and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle; Jer. 19:3
- Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her cities all the evil that I have spoken against it; for they have hardened their necks, not to hear my words. Jer. 19:15
- For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. Jer. 21:10
- House of David, thus saith Jehovah: Judge with justice in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings. Jer. 21:12
- Therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah. Jer. 23:2
- For the land is full of adulterers; for because of execration the land mourneth. The pastures of the wilderness are dried up; for their course is evil, and their force is not right. Jer. 23:10
- Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness; they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah. Jer. 23:12
- They say constantly unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace. And they say unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his heart, No evil shall come upon you. Jer. 23:17
- But if they had stood in my council, and had caused my people to hear my words, then would they have turned them from their evil way and from the wickedness of their doings. Jer. 23:22
- And I will give them over to be driven hither and thither unto all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them; Jer. 24:9
- when they said, Turn again now every one from his evil way, and from the wickedness of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers from of old even for ever. Jer. 25:5
- For behold, I begin to bring evil on the city that is called by my name, and should ye be altogether unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts. Jer. 25:29
- Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great storm shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth. Jer. 25:32
- Peradventure they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do unto them because of the wickedness of their doings. Jer. 26:3
- And now, amend your ways and your doings, and hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God; and Jehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you. Jer. 26:13
- Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? Did he not fear Jehovah, and supplicate Jehovah, and Jehovah repented him of the evil that he had pronounced against them? And we should be doing a great evil against our souls. Jer. 26:19
- The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old, prophesied also concerning many countries and concerning great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. Jer. 28:8
- For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you in your latter end a hope. Jer. 29:11
- And they came in and possessed it: but they hearkened not unto thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do; so that thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them. Jer. 32:23
- For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have been doing only evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith Jehovah. Jer. 32:30
- because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Jer. 32:32
- For thus saith Jehovah: Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have spoken concerning them. Jer. 32:42
- And I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them; and ye shall dwell in the land that I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear nor hearkened unto me. Jer. 35:15
- therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken unto them, but they have not hearkened, and I have called unto them, but they have not answered. Jer. 35:17
- It may be the house of Judah will hear all the evil that I purpose to do unto them, that they may return every man from his evil way, and that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. Jer. 36:3
- It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and that they will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the fury that Jehovah hath pronounced against this people. Jer. 36:7
- And I will visit their iniquity upon him, and upon his seed, and upon his servants; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; and they have not hearkened. Jer. 36:31
- My lord, O king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he will die by reason of the famine in the place where he is; for there is no more bread in the city. Jer. 38:9
- Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good, and they shall come to pass before thy face in that day. Jer. 39:16
- And the captain of the body-guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place, Jer. 40:2
- And Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done; Jer. 41:11
- Whether it be good or whether it be evil, we will hearken unto the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us when we hearken unto the voice of Jehovah our God. Jer. 42:6
- If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not overthrow you, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. Jer. 42:10
- And it shall be that all the men that have set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. Jer. 42:17
- Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and behold they are, this day, a waste, and no man dwelleth therein, Jer. 44:2
- And now thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you no remnant; Jer. 44:7
- Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. Jer. 44:11
- but we will certainly do every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and we had plenty of bread, and were well, and saw no evil. Jer. 44:17
- And Jehovah could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations that ye had committed; and your land is become a waste, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as at this day. Jer. 44:22
- Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil hath come upon you, as at this day. Jer. 44:23
- Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. Jer. 44:27
- And this shall be the sign unto you, saith Jehovah, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall certainly stand against you for evil: Jer. 44:29
- And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou shalt go. Jer. 45:5
- Moab's praise is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be cut down; the sword shall pursue thee. Jer. 48:2
- Concerning Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they are melted away: there is distress on the sea; it cannot be quiet. Jer. 49:23
- And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life; and I will bring evil upon them, my fierce anger, saith Jehovah; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them. Jer. 49:37
- And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea, in your sight, all their evil which they have done in Zion, saith Jehovah. Jer. 51:24
- And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, all these words that are written against Babylon. Jer. 51:60
- and shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise, because of the evil that I will bring upon it: and they shall be weary. Thus far the words of Jeremiah. Jer. 51:64
- And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. Jer. 52:2
- Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good? Lam. 3:38
- When I send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for their destruction, which I send to destroy you, then will I increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread. Ezek. 5:16
- And I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, which shall bereave thee of children; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee: I, Jehovah, have spoken. Ezek. 5:17
- And they shall know that I am Jehovah: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them. Ezek. 6:10
- Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an only evil! behold, it is come. Ezek. 7:5
- If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they bereave it, and it become a desolation, so that no one passeth through because of the beasts; Ezek. 14:15
- For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast! Ezek. 14:21
- But behold, there shall be left in it those that escape, who shall be brought out of it, sons and daughters. Behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, as to all that I have brought upon it. Ezek. 14:22
- Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? Ezek. 33:11
- And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell in safety in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. Ezek. 34:25
- And ye shall remember your evil ways, and your doings which were not good, and shall loathe yourselves for your iniquities and for your abominations. Ezek. 36:31
- Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall even come to pass in that day that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought; Ezek. 38:10
- And he hath performed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil; so that there hath not been done under the whole heaven as hath been done upon Jerusalem. Dan. 9:12
- As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us; yet we besought not Jehovah our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. Dan. 9:13
- And Jehovah hath watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he hath done; and we have not hearkened unto his voice. Dan. 9:14
- and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel 2:13
- Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah not have done it? Amos 3:6
- Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time. Amos 5:13
- Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say. Amos 5:14
- Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. Amos 5:15
- Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; Amos 6:3
- and though they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. Amos 9:4
- All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, Evil shall not overtake nor befall us. Amos 9:10
- And they said each one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. Jonah 1:7
- And they said unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us: what is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou? Jonah 1:8
- and let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God; and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Jonah 3:8
- And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said he would do unto them, and he did it not. Jonah 3:10
- And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Ah, Jehovah, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? Therefore I was minded to flee at first unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious *God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. Jonah 4:2
- For the inhabitress of Maroth waited anxiously for good; but evil hath come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem. Mic. 1:12
- Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. Mic. 2:1
- Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye walk haughtily: for it is an evil time. Mic. 2:3
- Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones; Mic. 3:2
- Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings. Mic. 3:4
- The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. Mic. 3:11
- Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it. Mic. 7:3
- Out of thee is gone forth one that imagineth evil against Jehovah, a wicked counsellor. Nah. 1:11
- Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a man more righteous than he? Hab. 1:13
- Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil! Hab. 2:9
- And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil. Zeph. 1:12
- Jehovah hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy; the King of Israel, Jehovah, is in the midst of thee; thou shalt not see evil any more. Zeph. 3:15
- Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings; but they did not hearken nor attend unto me, saith Jehovah. Zech. 1:4
- and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. Zech. 7:10
- For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Like as I thought to do you evil when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I repented not; Zech. 8:14
- and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah. Zech. 8:17
- And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Present it now unto thy governor: will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts. Mal. 1:8
- Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, and ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment? Mal. 2:17
- But let your word be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; but what is more than these is from evil. Mt. 5:37
- But *I* say unto you, not to resist evil; but whoever shall strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other; Mt. 5:39
- that ye may be the sons of your Father who is in the heavens; for he makes his sun rise on evil and good, and sends rain on just and unjust. Mt. 5:45
- and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil. Mt. 6:13
- Be not careful therefore for the morrow, for the morrow shall be careful about itself. Sufficient to the day is its own evil. Mt. 6:34
- And Jesus, seeing their thoughts, said, Why do *ye* think evil things in your hearts? Mt. 9:4
- and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil one; Mt. 13:38
- For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies; Mt. 15:19
- is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because *I* am good? Mt. 20:15
- They say to him, He will miserably destroy those evil men, and let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons. Mt. 21:41
- And those bondmen went out into the highways, and brought together all as many as they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was furnished with guests. Mt. 22:10
- But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, Mt. 24:48
- And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified. Mt. 27:23
- And he says to them, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill? But they were silent. Mk. 3:4
- For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Mk. 7:21
- And Pilate said to them, What evil then has he done? But they cried out the more urgently, Crucify him. Mk. 15:14
- Jesus therefore said to them, I will ask you if it is lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? Lk. 6:9
- In that hour he healed many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight. Lk. 7:21
- If therefore *ye*, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall the Father who is of heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? Lk. 11:13
- But Abraham said, Child, recollect that *thou* hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and *thou* art in suffering. Lk. 16:25
- And he said the third time to them, What evil then has this man done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will chastise him therefore and release him. Lk. 23:22
- And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil. Jn. 3:19
- For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are; Jn. 3:20
- and shall go forth; those that have practised good, to resurrection of life, and those that have done evil, to resurrection of judgment. Jn. 5:29
- The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil. Jn. 7:7
- I do not demand that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them out of evil. Jn. 17:15
- Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me? Jn. 18:23
- And God spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat them four hundred years; Acts 7:6
- *He* dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live. Acts 7:19
- And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many concerning this man how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem; Acts 9:13
- But when some were hardened and disbelieved, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. Acts 19:9
- And there was a great clamour, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part rising up contended, saying, We find nothing evil in this man; and if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel ... Acts 23:9
- And they said to him, For our part, we have neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor has any one of the brethren who has arrived reported or said anything evil concerning thee. Acts 28:21
- being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers, Rom. 1:29
- back-biters, hateful to God, insolent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Rom. 1:30
- tribulation and distress, on every soul of man that works evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek; Rom. 2:9
- and not, according as we are injuriously charged, and according as some affirm that we say, Let us practise evil things, that good ones may come? whose judgment is just. Rom. 3:8
- For I do not practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do. Rom. 7:19
- I find then the law upon *me* who will to practise what is right, that with *me* evil is there. Rom. 7:21
- Let love be unfeigned; abhorring evil; cleaving to good: Rom. 12:9
- recompensing to no one evil for evil: providing things honest before all men: Rom. 12:17
- Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Rom. 12:21
- For rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil one. Dost thou desire then not to be afraid of the authority? practise what is good, and thou shalt have praise from it; Rom. 13:3
- for it is God's minister to thee for good. But if thou practisest evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister, an avenger for wrath to him that does evil. Rom. 13:4
- Let not then your good be evil spoken of; Rom. 14:16
- For the sake of meat do not destroy the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil to that man who eats while stumbling in doing so. Rom. 14:20
- For your obedience has reached to all. I rejoice therefore as it regards you; but I wish you to be wise as to that which is good, and simple as to evil. Rom. 16:19
- But these things happened as types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, as they also lusted. 1 Cor. 10:6
- If *I* partake with thanksgiving, why am I spoken evil of for what *I* give thanks for? 1 Cor. 10:30
- does not behave in an unseemly manner, does not seek what is its own, is not quickly provoked, does not impute evil, 1 Cor. 13:5
- Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. 1 Cor. 15:33
- For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of the Christ, that each may receive the things done in the body, according to those he has done, whether it be good or evil. 2 Cor. 5:10
- through glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report: as deceivers, and true; 2 Cor. 6:8
- For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that *I* be found by you such as ye do not wish: lest there might be strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances; 2 Cor. 12:20
- But we pray to God that ye may do nothing evil; not that *we* may appear approved, but that *ye* may do what is right, and *we* be as reprobates. 2 Cor. 13:7
- who gave himself for our sins, so that he should deliver us out of the present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father; Gal. 1:4
- redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Eph. 5:16
- For this reason take to you the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having accomplished all things, to stand. Eph. 6:13
- See to dogs, see to evil workmen, see to the concision. Phil. 3:2
- Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry. Col. 3:5
- See that no one render to any evil for evil, but pursue always what is good towards one another and towards all; 1 Th. 5:15
- and that we may be delivered from bad and evil men, for faith is not the portion of all. 2 Th. 3:2
- But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and keep you from evil. 2 Th. 3:3
- he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and disputes of words, out of which arise envy, strife, injurious words, evil suspicions, 1 Tim. 6:4
- For the love of money is the root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows. 1 Tim. 6:10
- Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but suffer evil along with the glad tidings, according to the power of God; 2 Tim. 1:8
- for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, evil speakers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane, 2 Tim. 3:2
- But wicked men and juggling impostors shall advance in evil, leading and being led astray. 2 Tim. 3:13
- Alexander the smith did many evil things against me. The Lord will render to him according to his works. 2 Tim. 4:14
- One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons. Tit. 1:12
- discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of. Tit. 2:5
- a sound word, not to be condemned; that he who is opposed may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us: Tit. 2:8
- to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be mild, shewing all meekness towards all men. Tit. 3:2
- but solid food belongs to full-grown men, who, on account of habit, have their senses exercised for distinguishing both good and evil. Heb. 5:14
- They were stoned, were sawn asunder, were tempted, died by the death of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, evil treated, Heb. 11:37
- Let no man, being tempted, say, I am tempted of God. For God cannot be tempted by evil things, and himself tempts no one. Jas. 1:13
- have ye not made a difference among yourselves, and become judges having evil thoughts? Jas. 2:4
- but the tongue can no one among men tame; it is an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison. Jas. 3:8
- For where emulation and strife are, there is disorder and every evil thing. Jas. 3:16
- But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil. Jas. 4:16
- Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray. Is any happy? let him sing psalms. Jas. 5:13
- Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings, 1 Pet. 2:1
- not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but on the contrary, blessing others, because ye have been called to this, that ye should inherit blessing. 1 Pet. 3:9
- For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile. 1 Pet. 3:10
- And let him avoid evil, and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it; 1 Pet. 3:11
- because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears towards their supplications; but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. 1 Pet. 3:12
- Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He that does good is of God. He that does evil has not seen God. 3 Jn. 1:11
- I know thy works and thy labour, and thine endurance, and that thou canst not bear evil men; and thou hast tried them who say that themselves are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars; Rev. 2:2
- And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and there came an evil and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and those who worshipped its image. Rev. 16:2