Haller's Concordance: EVIL
- And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Gen. 2:9
- But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death. Gen. 2:17
- For God doth know that in what day soever you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened: and you shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil. Gen. 3:5
- And he said: Behold Adam is become as one of us, knowing good and evil: now therefore lest perhaps he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever. Gen. 3:22
- And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times, Gen. 6:5
- And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done. Gen. 8:21
- Do not so, I beseech you, my brethren, do not commit this evil. Gen. 19:7
- I have two daughters who, as yet, have not known man; I will bring them out to you, and abuse you them as it shall please you, so that you do no evil to these men, because they are come in under the shadow of my roof. Gen. 19:8
- Because thy servant hath found grace before thee, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewn to me, in saving my life, and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil seize me, and I die. Gen. 19:19
- It is in my power to return thee evil; but the God of your father said to me yesterday: Take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against Jacob. Gen. 31:29
- Come, let us kill him, and cast him into some old pit: and we will say: Some evil beast hath devoured him: and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him: Gen. 37:20
- And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph. Gen. 37:33
- We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil. Gen. 42:11
- And when they were now departed out of the city, and had gone forward a little way: Joseph sending for the steward of his house, said: Arise, and pursue after the men: and when thou hast overtaken them, say to them: Why have you returned evil for good? Gen. 44:4
- The cup which you have stolen, is that in which my lord drinketh, and in which he is wont to divine: you have done a very evil thing. Gen. 44:5
- He answered: The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers. Gen. 47:9
- Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another: Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and requite us all the evil that we did to him. Gen. 50:15
- You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people. Gen. 50:20
- And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in evil case, because it was said to them: There shall not a whit be diminished of the bricks for every day. Ex. 5:19
- And Pharao answered: So be the Lord with you, as I shall let you and your children go: who can doubt but that you intend some great evil? Ex. 10:10
- Thou shalt not follow the multitude to do evil: neither shalt thou yield in judgment, to the opinion of the most part, to stray from the truth. Ex. 23:2
- And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people. Ex. 32:14
- And he answered him: Let not my lord be offended; for thou knowest this people, that they are prone to evil. Ex. 32:22
- The person that sweareth, and uttereth with his lips, that he would do either evil or good, and bindeth the same with an oath, and his word: and having forgotten it afterwards understandeth his offence, Lev. 5:4
- The priest shall view it, and if he see it turned white, and the place thereof is lower than the other skin: he shall declare him unclean, because the evil of leprosy is broken out in the scar. Lev. 13:25
- If on the seventh day the evil seem to have stayed in its place, and not lower than the other flesh, he shall cleanse him: and his clothes being washed he shall be clean. Lev. 13:34
- And then shall he be judged subject to this evil, when a filthy humour, at every moment, cleaveth to his flesh, and gathereth there. Lev. 15:3
- Thou shalt not speak evil of the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind: but thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, because I am the Lord. Lev. 19:14
- I will give peace in your coasts: you shall sleep, and there shall be none to make you afraid. I will take away evil beasts: and the sword shall not pass through your quarters. Lev. 26:6
- If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to utter any thing of my own head either good or evil: but whatsoever the Lord shall say, that I will speak? Num. 24:13
- And the Lord being angry against Israel, led them about through the desert forty years, until the whole generation, that had done evil in his sight, was consumed. Num. 32:13
- Your children, of whom you said that they should be led away captives, and your sons who know not this day the difference of good and evil, they shall go in: and to them I will give the land, and they shall possess it. Dt. 1:39
- If you shall beget sons and grandsons, and abide in the land, and being deceived, make to yourselves any similitude, committing evil before the Lord your God, to provoke him to wrath: Dt. 4:25
- And that prophet or forger of dreams shall be slain: because he spoke to draw you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of bondage: to make thee go out of the way, which the Lord thy God commanded thee: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee. Dt. 13:5
- When there shall be found among you within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, man or woman that do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, and transgress his covenant, Dt. 17:2
- The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to kill him, and afterwards the hands of the rest of the people: that thou mayst take away the evil out of the midst of thee. Dt. 17:7
- But he that will be proud, and refuse to obey the commandment of the priest, who ministereth at that time to the Lord thy God, and the decree of the judge, that man shall die, and thou shalt take away the evil from Israel: Dt. 17:12
- They shall render to him as he meant to do to his brother, and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee: Dt. 19:19
- The people of the city shall stone him: and he shall die, that you may take away the evil out of the midst of you, and all Israel hearing it may be afraid. Dt. 21:21
- They shall cast her out of the doors of her father's house, and the men of the city shall stone her to death, and she shall die: because she hath done a wicked thing in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee. Dt. 22:21
- If a man lie with another man's wife, they shall both die, that is to say, the adulterer and the adulteress: and thou shalt take away the evil out of Israel. Dt. 22:22
- Thou shalt bring them both out to the gate of that city, and they shall be stoned: the damsel, because she cried not out, being in the city: the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife. And thou shalt take away the evil from the midst of thee. Dt. 22:24
- When thou goest out to war against thy enemies, thou shalt keep thyself from every evil thing. Dt. 23:9
- If any man be found soliciting his brother of the children of Israel, and selling him shall take a price, he shall be put to death, and thou shalt take away the evil from the midst of thee. Dt. 24:7
- Consider that I have set before thee this day life and good, and on the other hand death and evil: Dt. 30:15
- For I know that, after my death, you will do wickedly, and will quickly turn aside from the way that I have commanded you: and evils shall come upon you in the latter times, when you shall do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him by the works of your hands. Dt. 31:29
- But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord, you have your choice: choose this day that which pleaseth you, whom you would rather serve, whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord, Josu. 24:15
- And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served Baalim Judg. 2:11
- And they did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot their God, and served Baalim and Astaroth. Judg. 3:7
- And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: who strengthened against them Eglon, king of Moab: because they did evil in his sight. Judg. 3:12
- ¤ And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord after the death of Aod: Judg. 4:1
- ¤ And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hand of Madian seven years, Judg. 6:1
- And the Lord sent a very evil spirit between Abimelech and the inhabitants of Sichem; who began to detest him, Judg. 9:23
- And God repaid the evil that Abimelech had done against his father, killing his seventy brethren. Judg. 9:56
- But the children of Israel, adding new sins to their old ones, did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served idols, Baalim and Astaroth, and the gods of Syria, and of Sidon, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines: and they left the Lord, and did not serve him. Judg. 10:6
- ¤ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hands of the Philistines forty years. Judg. 13:1
- Deliver up the men of Gabaa, that have committed this heinous crime, that they may die, and the evil may be taken away out of Israel. But they would not hearken to the proposition of their brethren the children of Israel: Judg. 20:13
- O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us? Judg. 21:3
- And you shall look: and if it go up by the way of his own coasts, towards Bethsames, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, we shall know that it is not his hand hath touched us, but it hath happened by chance. 1 Ki. 6:9
- Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain: and you shall know, and see that you yourselves have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, in desiring a king over you. 1 Ki. 12:17
- And all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. And all the people said to Samuel: Pray for thy servants to the Lord thy God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king. 1 Ki. 12:19
- And Samuel said to the people: Fear not, you have done all this evil: but yet depart not from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 1 Ki. 12:20
- Why then didst thou not hearken to the voice of the Lord: but hast turned to the prey, and hast done evil in the eyes of the Lord? 1 Ki. 15:19
- But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. 1 Ki. 16:14
- And the servants of Saul said to him: Behold now an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. 1 Ki. 16:15
- Let our lord give orders, and thy servants who are before thee, will seek out a man skilful in playing on the harp, that when the evil spirit from the Lord is upon thee, he may play with his hand, and thou mayst bear it more easily. 1 Ki. 16:16
- So whensoever the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, David took his harp, and played with his hand, and Saul was refreshed, and was better, for the evil spirit departed from him. 1 Ki. 16:23
- And the day after, the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David played with his hand as at other times. And Saul held a spear in his hand, 1 Ki. 18:10
- And the evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul; and he sat in his house, and held a spear in his hand: and David played with his hand. 1 Ki. 19:9
- And Jonathan said: Far be this from thee: for if I should certainly know that evil is determined by my father against thee, I could do no otherwise than tell thee. 1 Ki. 20:9
- If I shall say to the boy: Behold the arrows are on this side of thee, take them up: come thou to me, because there is peace to thee, and there is no evil, as the Lord liveth. But if I shall speak thus to the boy: Behold the arrows are beyond thee: go in peace, for the Lord hath sent thee away. 1 Ki. 20:22
- Now when David understood that Saul secretly prepared evil against him, he said to Abiathar, the priest: Bring hither the ephod. 1 Ki. 23:9
- Moreover, see and know, O my father, the hem of thy robe in my hand, that when I cut off the hem of thy robe, I would not put out my hand against thee. Reflect, and see, that there is no evil in my hand, nor iniquity, neither have I sinned against thee: but thou liest in wait for my life, to take it away. 1 Ki. 24:11
- And he said to David: Thou art more just than I: for thou hast done good to me, and I have rewarded thee with evil. 1 Ki. 24:17
- Wherefore consider, and think what thou hast to do: for evil is determined against thy husband, and against thy house, and he is a son of Belial, so that no man can speak to him. 1 Ki. 25:17
- And David said: Truly in vain have I kept all that belonged to this fellow in the wilderness, and nothing was lost of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good. 1 Ki. 25:21
- Now therefore, my lord, the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, who hath withholden thee from coming to blood, and hath saved thy hand to thee: and now let thy enemies be as Nabal, and all they that seek evil to my lord. 1 Ki. 25:26
- Forgive the iniquity of thy handmaid: for the Lord will surely make for my lord a faithful house, because thou, my lord, fightest the battles of the Lord: let not evil therefore be found in thee all the days of thy life. 1 Ki. 25:28
- Otherwise, as the Lord liveth, the God of Israel, who hath withholden me from doing thee any evil, if thou hadst not quickly come to meet me, there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light, any that pisseth against the wall. 1 Ki. 25:34
- And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: Blessed be the Lord, who hath judged the cause of my reproach, at the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil, and the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his head. Then David sent and treated with Abigail, that he might take her to himself for a wife. 1 Ki. 25:39
- And he said: Wherefore doth my lord persecute his servant? What have I done? or what evil is there in my hand? 1 Ki. 26:18
- And Saul swore unto her by the Lord, saying: As the Lord liveth, there shall no evil happen to thee for this thing. 1 Ki. 28:10
- Then Achis called David, and said to him: As the Lord liveth, thou art upright and good in my sight: and so is thy going out, and thy coming in with me in the army: and I have not found any evil in thee, since the day that thou camest to me unto this day: but thou pleasest not the lords. 1 Ki. 29:6
- But I as yet am tender, though anointed king. And these men the sons of Sarvia are too hard for me: the Lord reward him that doth evil according to his wickedness. 2 Ki. 3:39
- Why therefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord, to do evil in my sight? Thou hast killed Urias the Hethite 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 Ki. 12:9
- Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thy own house, and I will take thy wives before thy eyes and give them to thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 2 Ki. 12:11
- She answered him: This evil which now thou dost against me, in driving me away, is greater than that which thou didst before. And he would not hearken to her: 2 Ki. 13:16
- But Absalom spoke not to Ammon neither good nor evil: for Absalom hated Ammon because he had ravished his sister Thamar. 2 Ki. 13:22
- And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom. 2 Ki. 17:14
- And the king said to Chusai: Is the young man Absalom safe? And Chusai answering him, said: Let the enemies of my lord, the king, and all that rise against him unto evil, be as the young man is. 2 Ki. 18:32
- And Solomon said: If he be a good man, there shall not so much as one hair of his head fall to the ground: but if evil be found in him, he shall die. 3 Ki. 1:52
- And the king said to Semei: Thou knowest all the evil, of which thy heart is conscious, which thou didst to David, my father: the Lord hath returned thy wickedness upon thy own head. 3 Ki. 2:44
- Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, and discern between good and evil. For who shall be able to judge this people, thy people, which is so numerous? 3 Ki. 3:9
- But now the Lord my God hath given me rest round about; and there is no adversary nor evil occurrence. 3 Ki. 5:4
- And they shall answer: Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and followed strange gods, and adored them, and worshipped them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil. 3 Ki. 9:9
- And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon: and this is the evil of Adad, and his hatred against Israel; and he reigned in Syria. 3 Ki. 11:25
- But hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast made thee strange gods, and molten gods, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: 3 Ki. 14:9
- And Juda did evil in the sight of the Lord, and provoked him above all that their fathers had done, in their sins which they committed. 3 Ki. 14:22
- And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father, and in his sins, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 3 Ki. 15:26
- And he did evil before the Lord, and walked in the ways of Jeroboam, and in his sins, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 3 Ki. 15:34
- And when the word of the Lord came in the hand of Jehu, the son of Hanani, the prophet, against Baasa, and against his house, and against all the evil that he had done before the Lord, to provoke him to anger by the works of his hands, to become as the house of Jeroboam: for this cause he slew him; that is to say, Jehu, the son of Hanani, the prophet. 3 Ki. 16:7
- In his sins, which he had sinned, doing evil before the Lord, and walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 3 Ki. 16:19
- And Amri did evil in the sight of the Lord, and acted wickedly above all that were before him. 3 Ki. 16:25
- And Achab, the son of Amri, did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him. 3 Ki. 16:30
- And Achab said to Elias: Hast thou found me thy enemy? He said: I have found thee because thou art sold, to do evil in the sight of the Lord. 3 Ki. 21:20
- Behold I will bring evil upon thee, and I will cut down thy posterity, and I will kill of Achab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up, and the last in Israel. 3 Ki. 21:21
- Now, there was not such another as Achab, who was sold to do evil in the sight of the Lord: for his wife, Jezabel, set him on, 3 Ki. 21:25
- Hast thou not seen Achab humbled before me? therefore, because he hath humbled himself, for my sake, I will not bring the evil in his days, but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. 3 Ki. 21:29
- And the king of Israel said to Josaphat. There is one man left, by whom we may inquire of the Lord; Micheas, the son of Jemla: but I hate him, for he doth not prophesy good to me, but evil. And Josaphat said: Speak not so, O king. 3 Ki. 22:8
- (Then the king of Israel said to Josaphat: Did I not tell thee, that he prophesieth no good to me, but always evil?) 3 Ki. 22:18
- Now, therefore, behold the Lord hath given a lying spirit in the mouth of all thy prophets that are here, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee. 3 Ki. 22:23
- And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father and his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin. 3 Ki. 22:52
- And he did evil before the Lord, but not like his father and his mother: for he took away the statues of Baal, which his father had made. 4 Ki. 3:2
- While he was yet speaking to them, the messenger appeared, who was coming to him. And he said: Behold, so great an evil is from the Lord: what shall I look for more from the Lord? 4 Ki. 6:33
- And Hazael said to him: Why doth my lord weep? And he said: Because I know the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel. Their strong cities thou wilt burn with fire, and their young men thou wilt kill with the sword, and thou wilt dash their children, and rip up their pregnant women. 4 Ki. 8:12
- And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had walked: for the daughter of Achab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. 4 Ki. 8:18
- And he walked in the ways of the house of Achab: and he did evil before the Lord, as did the house of Achab: for he was the son in law of the house of Achab. 4 Ki. 8:27
- And he did evil before the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin; and he departed not from them. 4 Ki. 13:2
- And he did that which is evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin; but he walked in them. 4 Ki. 13:11
- Thou hast beaten and prevailed over Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up; be content with this glory, and sit at home; why provokest thou evil, that thou shouldst fall, and Juda with thee? 4 Ki. 14:10
- And he did that which was evil before the Lord. He departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin. 4 Ki. 14:24
- And he did that which is evil before the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin. 4 Ki. 15:9
- And he did that which was evil before the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, all his days. 4 Ki. 15:18
- And he did that which was evil before the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin. 4 Ki. 15:24
- And he did that which was evil before the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin. 4 Ki. 15:28
- And he did evil before the Lord: but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him. 4 Ki. 17:2
- And consecrated their sons, and their daughters, through fire: and they gave themselves to divinations, and soothsayings: and they delivered themselves up to do evil before the Lord, to provoke him. 4 Ki. 17:17
- And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the idols of the nations, which the Lord destroyed from before the face of the children of Israel. 4 Ki. 21:2
- And he made his son pass through fire: and he used divinations, and observed omens, and appointed pythons, and multiplied soothsayers, to do evil before the Lord, and to provoke him. 4 Ki. 21:6
- But they hearkened not: but were seduced by Manasses, to do evil more than the nations which the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel. 4 Ki. 21:9
- Because they have done evil before me, and have continued to provoke me, from the day that their fathers came out of Egypt, even unto this day. 4 Ki. 21:15
- Moreover, Manasses shed also very much innocent blood, till he filled Jerusalem up to the mouth: besides his sins, wherewith he made Juda to sin, to do evil before the Lord. 4 Ki. 21:16
- And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasses, his father, had done. 4 Ki. 21:20
- And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. 4 Ki. 23:32
- And he did evil before the Lord according to all that his fathers had done. 4 Ki. 23:37
- And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that his father had done. 4 Ki. 24:9
- And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that Joakim had done. 4 Ki. 24:19
- And Jabes called upon the God of Israel, saying: If blessing thou wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy hand be with me, and thou save me from being oppressed by evil. And God granted him the things he prayed for. 1 Par. 4:10
- And he went in to his wife: and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beria, because he was born when it went evil with his house: 1 Par. 7:23
- Touch not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets. 1 Par. 16:22
- And he sent an angel to Jerusalem, to strike it: and as he was striking it, the Lord beheld, and took pity for the greatness of the evil: and said to the angel that destroyed: It is enough, now stop thy hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the thrashingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 1 Par. 21:15
- And David said to God: Am not I he that commanded the people to be numbered? It is I that have sinned: it is I that have done the evil: but as for this flock, what hath it deserved? O Lord my God, let thy hand be turned, I beseech thee, upon me, and upon my father's house: and let not thy people be destroyed. 1 Par. 21:17
- But he did evil, and did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord. 2 Par. 12:14
- And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There is one man, of whom we may ask the will of the Lord: but I hate him, for he never prophesieth good to me, but always evil: and it is Micheas the son of Jemla. And Josaphat said: Speak not thus, O king. 2 Par. 18:7
- And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: Did I not tell thee that this man would not prophesy me any good, but evil? 2 Par. 18:17
- Now therefore behold the Lord hath put a spirit of lying in the mouth of all thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee. 2 Par. 18:22
- And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had done: for his wife was a daughter of Achab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. 2 Par. 21:6
- So he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Achab did: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction. 2 Par. 22:4
- And when he spoke these things, he answered him: Art thou the king's counsellor? be quiet, lest I kill thee. And the prophet departing, said: I know that God is minded to kill thee, because thou hast done this evil, and moreover hast not hearkened to my counsel. 2 Par. 25:16
- Thou hast said: I have overthrown Edom, and therefore thy heart is lifted up with pride: stay at home, why dost thou provoke evil against thee, that both thou shouldst fall and Juda with thee. 2 Par. 25:19
- Our fathers have sinned and done evil in the sight of the Lord God, forsaking him: they have turned away their faces from the tabernacle of the Lord, and turned their backs. 2 Par. 29:6
- And he did evil before the Lord, according to all the abominations of the nations, which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel: 2 Par. 33:2
- So Manasses seduced Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to do evil beyond all the nations, which the Lord had destroyed before the face of the children of Israel. 2 Par. 33:9
- And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasses his father had done: and he sacrificed to all the idols which Manasses his father had made, and served them. 2 Par. 33:22
- For now I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be brought to thy tomb in peace: and thy eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and the inhabitants thereof. They therefore reported to the king all that she had said. 2 Par. 34:28
- Joakim was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did evil before the Lord his God. 2 Par. 36:5
- Joachin was eight 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 the Lord. 2 Par. 36:9
- And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God, and did not reverence the face of Jeremias the prophet speaking to him from the mouth of the Lord. 2 Par. 36:12
- See that you be not negligent in executing this, lest by little and little the evil grow to the hurt of the kings. 1 Esd. 4:22
- And the king said to me: Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou dost not appear to be sick? this is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in thy heart. And I was seized with an exceeding great fear: 2 Esd. 2:2
- For he had taken money, that I being afraid should do this thing, and sin, and they might have some evil to upbraid me withal. 2 Esd. 6:13
- But after they had rest, they returned to do evil in thy sight: and thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them. Then they returned, and cried to thee: and thou heardest from heaven, and deliveredst them many times in thy mercies. 2 Esd. 9:28
- And I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliasib had done for Tobias, to make him a storehouse in the courts of the house of God. 2 Esd. 13:7
- And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels of the house of Tobias out of the storehouse. 2 Esd. 13:8
- And I rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them: What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the sabbath day: 2 Esd. 13:17
- Did not our fathers do these things, and our God brought all this evil upon us, and upon this city? And you bring more wrath upon Israel by violating the sabbath. 2 Esd. 13:18
- And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to transgress against our God, and marry strange women: 2 Esd. 13:27
- For whereas he had always feared God from his infancy, and kept his commandments, he repined not against God because the evil of blindness had befallen him, Tob. 2:13
- He conducted me and brought me safe again, he received the money of Gabelus, he caused me to have my wife, and he chased from her the evil spirit, he gave joy to her parents, myself he delivered from being devoured by the fish, thee also he hath made to see the light of heaven, and we are filled with all good things through him. What can we give him sufficient for these things? Tob. 12:3
- Said: God be judge between us and thee, for thou hast done evil against us, in that thou wouldst not speak peaceably with the Assyrians, and for this cause God hath sold us into their hands. Jud. 7:13
- For we are given up, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. And would God we were sold for bondmen and bondwomen: the evil might be borne with, and I would have mourned in silence: but now we have an enemy, whose cruelty redoundeth upon the king. Esther 7:4
- But the king being angry rose up, and went from the place of the banquet into the garden set with trees. Aman also rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his life, for he understood that evil was prepared for him by the king. Esther 7:7
- Now this is proved both from ancient histories, and by the things which are done daily, how the good designs of kings are depraved by the evil suggestions of certain men. Esther 16:7
- For Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy and adversary of the Jews, had devised evil against them, to kill them and destroy them; and had cast Phur, that is, the lot. Esther 9:24
- And afterwards Esther went in to the king, beseeching him that his endeavours might be made void by the king's letters: and the evil that he had intended against the Jews, might return upon his own head. And so both he and his sons were hanged upon gibbets. Esther 9:25
- ‡ ¤ There was a man in the land of Hus, whose name was Job, and that man was simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil. Job 1:1
- And the Lord said to him: Hast thou considered my servant, Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a simple and upright man, and fearing God, and avoiding evil? Job 1:8
- And the Lord said to Satan: Hast thou considered my servant, Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil, and still keeping his innocence? But thou hast moved me against him, that I should afflict him without cause. Job 2:3
- And he said to her: Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women: If we have received good things at the hand of God, why should we not receive evil? In all these things Job did not sin with his lips. Job 2:10
- Now when Job's three friends heard all the evil that had befallen him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz, the Themanite, and Baldad, the Suhite, and Sophar, the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment to come together and visit him, and comfort him. Job 2:11
- In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee. Job 5:19
- God will not cast away the simple, nor reach out his hand to the evil doer: Job 8:20
- For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue. Job 20:12
- And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding. Job 28:28
- If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him. Job 31:29
- There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men. Job 35:12
- And all his brethren came to him, and all his sisters, and all that knew him before, and they ate bread with him in his house: and bemoaned him, and comforted him upon all the evil that God had brought upon him. And every man gave him one ewe, and one earring of gold. Job 42:11
- For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil. Ps. 10:6
- He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours. Ps. 15:3
- Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Ps. 34:13
- Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it. Ps. 34:14
- But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. Ps. 34:16
- The death of the wicked is very evil: and they that hate the just shall be guilty. Ps. 34:21
- Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded that devise evil against me. Ps. 35:4
- They repaid me evil for good: to the depriving me of my soul. Ps. 35:12
- He hath devised iniquity on his bed, he hath set himself on every way that is not good: but evil he hath not hated. Ps. 36:4
- Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil. Ps. 37:8
- They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be filled: Ps. 37:19
- Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever. Ps. 37:27
- They that render evil for good, have detracted me, because I followed goodness. Ps. 38:20
- ¤ Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day. Ps. 41:1
- Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me. Ps. 49:5
- Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits. Ps. 50:19
- To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: that thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art judged. Ps. 51:4
- All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil. Ps. 56:5
- And he sent upon them the wrath of his indignation: indignation and wrath and trouble, which he sent by evil angels. Ps. 78:49
- There shall no evil come to thee: nor shall the scourge come near thy dwelling. Ps. 91:10
- That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked. Ps. 94:13
- You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner. Ps. 97:10
- Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets. Ps. 105:15
- And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love. Ps. 109:5
- The just shall be in everlasting remembrance: he shall not fear the evil hearing. His heart is ready to hope in the Lord: Ps. 112:7
- I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words. Ps. 119:101
- The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. Ps. 121:7
- ¤ Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man. Ps. 140:1
- A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction. Ps. 140:11
- Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them. Ps. 141:4
- For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. Pr. 1:16
- That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things: Pr. 2:12
- Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in the most wicked things: Pr. 2:14
- Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil: Pr. 3:7
- Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee. Pr. 3:29
- Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil. Pr. 3:30
- Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee. Pr. 4:14
- For they sleep not, except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall. Pr. 4:16
- Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left: turn away thy foot from evil. For the Lord knoweth the ways that are on the right hand: but those are perverse which are on the left hand. But he will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace. Pr. 4:27
- I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the congregation. Pr. 5:14
- With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord. Pr. 6:14
- That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger. Pr. 6:24
- The fear of the Lord hateth evil; I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue. Pr. 8:13
- If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil. Pr. 9:12
- The strength of the upright is the way of the Lord: and fear to them that work evil. Pr. 10:29
- He shall be afflicted with evil, that is surety for a stranger: but he that is aware of snares, shall be secure. Pr. 11:15
- Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things, death. Pr. 11:19
- Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved. Pr. 11:21
- Well doth he rise early who seeketh good things; but he that seeketh after evil things, shall be oppressed by them. Pr. 11:27
- The desire of the wicked is the fortification of evil men: but the root of the just shall prosper. Pr. 12:12
- For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but the just shall escape out of distress. Pr. 12:13
- Deceit is in the heart of them that think evil things: but joy followeth them that take counsels of peace. Pr. 12:20
- The desire that is accomplished, delighteth the soul: fools hate them that flee from evil things. Pr. 13:19
- Evil pursueth sinners: and to the just good shall be repaid. Pr. 13:21
- A wise man feareth, and declineth from evil: the fool leapeth over, and is confident. Pr. 14:16
- The evil shall fall down before the good: and the wicked before the gates of the just. Pr. 14:19
- They err that work evil: but mercy and truth prepare good things. Pr. 14:22
- The eyes of the Lord in every place behold the good and the evil. Pr. 15:3
- All the days of the poor are evil: a secure mind is like a continual feast. Pr. 15:15
- Evil thoughts are an abomination to the Lord: and pure words most beautiful shall be confirmed by him. Pr. 15:26
- He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house: but he that hateth bribes shall live. By mercy and faith sins are purged away: and by the fear of the Lord every one declineth from evil. Pr. 15:27
- The Lord hath made all things for himself: the wicked also for the evil day. Pr. 16:4
- By mercy and truth iniquity is redeemed; and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil. Pr. 16:6
- The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire. Pr. 16:27
- He that with fixed eyes deviseth wicked things, biting his lips, bringeth evil to pass. Pr. 16:30
- The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips. Pr. 17:4
- An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him. Pr. 17:11
- He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. Pr. 17:13
- He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil. Pr. 17:20
- The fear of the Lord is unto life: and he shall abide in fulness without being visited with evil. Pr. 19:23
- The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look. Pr. 20:8
- Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will deliver thee. Pr. 20:22
- The soul of the wicked desireth evil, he will not have pity on his neighbour. Pr. 21:10
- The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he may withdraw the wicked from evil. Pr. 21:12
- The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss. Pr. 22:3
- Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them: Pr. 24:1
- For a just man shall fall seven times, and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil. Pr. 24:16
- For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Pr. 24:20
- And one that looseth his garment in cold weather. As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a very evil heart. As a moth doth by a garment, and a worm by the wood: so the sadness of a man consumeth the heart. Pr. 25:20
- The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses. Pr. 27:12
- Evil men think not on judgment: but they that seek after the Lord, take notice of all things. Pr. 28:5
- Blessed is the man that is always fearful: but he that is hardened in mind shall fall into evil. Pr. 28:14
- Such also is the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil. Pr. 30:20
- She will render him good, and not evil all the days of her life. Pr. 31:12
- And therefore I was weary of my life, when I saw that all things under the sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation of spirit. Eccl. 2:17
- For when a man laboureth in wisdom, and knowledge, and carefulness, he leaveth what he hath gotten to an idle man: so this also is vanity, and a great evil. Eccl. 2:21
- ¤ Keep thy foot, when thou goest into the house of God, and draw nigh to hear. For much better is obedience, than the victims of fools, who know not what evil they do. Eccl. 5:1
- There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner. Eccl. 5:13
- A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind? Eccl. 5:16
- ¤ There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men: Eccl. 6:1
- He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil: Eccl. 6:5
- In the good day enjoy good things, and beware beforehand of the evil day: for God hath made both the one and the other, that man may not find against him any just complaint. Eccl. 7:14
- For thy conscience knoweth that thou also hast often spoken evil of others. Eccl. 7:22
- Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him: Eccl. 8:3
- He that keepeth the commandment, shall find no evil. The heart of a wise man understandeth time and answer. Eccl. 8:5
- For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil, the children of men commit evils without any fear. Eccl. 8:11
- But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and by patience be borne withal, I know from thence that it shall be well with them that fear God, who dread his face. Eccl. 8:12
- But all things are kept uncertain for the time to come, because all things equally happen to the just and to the wicked, to the good and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him that offereth victims, and to him that despiseth sacrifices. As the good is, so also is the sinner: as the perjured, so he also that sweareth truth. Eccl. 9:2
- This is a very great evil among all things that are done under the sun, that the same things happen to all men: whereby also the hearts of the children of men are filled with evil, and with contempt while they live, and afterwards they shall be brought down to hell. Eccl. 9:3
- Man knoweth not his own end: but as fishes are taken with the hook, and as birds are caught with the snare, so men are taken in the evil time, when it shall suddenly come upon them. Eccl. 9:12
- There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince: Eccl. 10:5
- Detract not the king, no not in thy thought; and speak not evil of the rich man in thy private chamber: because even the birds of the air will carry thy voice, and he that hath wings will tell what thou hast said. Eccl. 10:20
- Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. Eccl. 11:2
- Remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh. For youth and pleasure are vain. Eccl. 11:10
- And all things that are done, God will bring into judgment for every error, whether it be good or evil. Eccl. 12:14
- For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent, and will not acquit the evil speaker from his lips: for God is witness of his reins, and he is a true searcher of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue. Wis. 1:6
- For after this cometh night, but no evil can overcome wisdom. Wis. 7:30
- For the worship of abominable idols is the cause, and the beginning and end of all evil. Wis. 14:27
- The lovers of evil things deserve to have no better things to trust in, both they that make them, and they that love them, and they that worship them. Wis. 15:6
- Yea, and they have counted our life a pastime and the business of life to be gain, and that we must be getting every way, even out of evil. Wis. 15:12
- And in this thou didst shew to our enemies, that thou art he who deliverest from all evil. Wis. 16:8
- For the just children of good men were offering sacrifice secretly, and they unanimously ordered a law of justice: that the just should receive both good and evil alike, singing now the praises of the fathers. Wis. 18:9
- Then suddenly visions of evil dreams troubled them, and fears unlooked for came upon them. Wis. 18:17
- Woe to them that are of a double heart and to wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, and to the sinner that goeth on the earth two ways. Sir. 2:14
- Of what an evil fame is he that forsaketh his father: and he is cursed of God that angereth his mother. Sir. 3:18
- A hard heart shall fear evil at the last: and he that loveth danger shall perish in it. Sir. 3:27
- Son, observe the time, and fly from evil. Sir. 4:23
- For confusion and repentance is upon a thief, and an evil mark of disgrace upon the double tongued, but to the whisperer hatred, and enmity, and reproach. Sir. 5:17
- ¤ Instead of a friend become not an enemy to thy neighbour: for an evil man shall inherit reproach and shame, so shall every sinner that is envious and double tongued. Sir. 6:1
- Open not thy heart to every man: lest he repay thee with an evil turn, and speak reproachfully to thee. Sir. 8:22
- Good things and evil, life and death, poverty and riches, are from God. Sir. 11:14
- Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil. Sir. 11:16
- For he lieth in wait and turneth good into evil, and on the elect he will lay a blot. Sir. 11:33
- For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent. Sir. 12:3
- For thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done to him: for the Highest also hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly. Sir. 12:7
- The heart of a man changeth his countenance, either for good, or for evil. Sir. 13:31
- He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods. Sir. 14:5
- An evil eye is towards evil things: and he shall not have his fill of bread, but shall be needy and pensive at his own table. Sir. 14:10
- Before man is life and death, good and evil, that which he shall choose shall be given him: Sir. 15:18
- He created in them the science of the spirit, he filled their heart with wisdom, and shewed them both good and evil. Sir. 17:6
- For all things cannot be in men, because the son of man is not immortal, and they are delighted with the vanity of evil. Sir. 17:29
- What is man, and what is his grace? and what is his good, or what is his evil? Sir. 18:7
- He hath seen the presumption of their heart that it is wicked, and hath known their end that it is evil. Sir. 18:10
- My son, in thy good deeds, make no complaint, and when thou givest any thing, add not grief by an evil word. Sir. 18:15
- He that rejoiceth in iniquity, shall be censured, and he that hateth chastisement, shall have less life: and he that hateth babbling, extinguisheth evil. Sir. 19:5
- And if he be hindered from sinning for want of power, if he shall find opportunity to do evil, he will do it. Sir. 19:25
- There is success in evil things to a man without discipline, and there is a finding that turneth to loss. Sir. 20:9
- But there is a wisdom that aboundeth in evil: and there is no understanding where there is bitterness. Sir. 21:15
- I will not be ashamed to salute a friend, neither will I hide myself from his face: and if any evil happen to me by him, I will bear it. Sir. 22:31
- A sinner is caught in his own vanity, and the proud and the evil speakers shall fall thereby. Sir. 23:8
- The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil. Sir. 25:17
- The death thereof is a most evil death: and hell is preferable to it. Sir. 28:25
- Shut up alms in the heart of the poor, and it shall obtain help for thee against all evil. Sir. 29:15
- Evil suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea. Sir. 29:23
- A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment. Sir. 29:25
- Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, he shall have glory everlasting. He that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed: and could do evil things, and hath not done them: Sir. 31:10
- Remember that a wicked eye is evil. Sir. 31:14
- Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man. And so look upon all the works of the most High. Two and two, and one against another. Sir. 33:15
- For idleness hath taught much evil. Sir. 33:29
- A wicked word shall change the heart: out of which four manner of things arise, good and evil, life and death: and the tongue is continually the ruler of them. There is a man that is subtle and a teacher of many, and yet is unprofitable to his own soul. Sir. 37:21
- He shall pass into strange countries: for he shall try good and evil among men. Sir. 39:5
- Good things were created for the good from the beginning, so for the wicked, good and evil things. Sir. 39:30
- All these things shall be for good to the holy, so to the sinners and the ungodly they shall be turned into evil. Sir. 39:32
- For they treated him evil, who was consecrated a prophet from his mother's womb, to overthrow, and pluck up, and destroy, and to build again, and renew. Sir. 49:9
- And thou hast saved me from destruction, and hast delivered me from the evil time. Sir. 51:16
- Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes, cease to do perversely, Isa. 1:16
- Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. Isa. 3:11
- Woe to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light for darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Isa. 5:20
- Because Syria hath taken counsel against thee, unto the evil of Ephraim and the son of Romelia, saying: Isa. 7:5
- He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good. Isa. 7:15
- For before the child know to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land which thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of the face of her two kings. Isa. 7:16
- But he that is the wise one hath brought evil, and hath not removed his words: and he will rise up against the house of the wicked, and against the aid of them that work iniquity. Isa. 31:2
- He that walketh in justices, and speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression, and shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that he may see no evil. Isa. 33:15
- Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven: she hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins. Isa. 40:2
- Shew the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you can: and let us speak, and see together. Isa. 41:23
- I form the light, and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things. Isa. 45:7
- Evil shall come upon thee, and thou shalt not know the rising thereof: and calamity shall fall violently upon thee, which thou canst not keep off: misery shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. Isa. 47:11
- Blessed is the man that doth this, and the son of man that shall lay hold on this: that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, that keepeth his hands from doing any evil. Isa. 56:2
- ¤ The just perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and men of mercy are taken away, because there is none that understandeth; for the just man is taken away from before the face of evil. Isa. 57:1
- Their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are unprofitable thoughts: wasting and destruction are in their ways. Isa. 59:7
- And truth hath been forgotten: and he that departed from evil, lay open to be a prey: and the Lord saw, and it appeared evil in his eyes, because there is no judgment. Isa. 59:15
- I will number you in the sword, and you shall all fall by slaughter: because I called and you did not answer: I spoke, and you did not hear: and you did evil in my eyes, and you have chosen the things that displease me. Isa. 65:12
- Wherefore I also will choose their mockeries, and will bring upon them the things they feared: because I called, and there was none that would answer; I have spoken, and they heard not; and they have done evil in my eyes, and have chosen the things that displease me. Isa. 66:4
- And the Lord said to me: From the north shall an evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. Jer. 1:14
- Thy own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee. Know thou, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing for thee, to have left the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not with thee, saith the Lord the God of hosts. Jer. 2:19
- Wilt thou be angry for ever, or wilt thou continue unto the end? Behold, thou hast spoken, and hast done evil things, and hast been able. Jer. 3:5
- Set up the standard in Sion. Strengthen yourselves, stay not: for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction. Jer. 4:6
- For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Jer. 4:22
- They have denied the Lord, and said, It is not he: and the evil shall not come upon us: we shall not see the sword and famine. Jer. 5:12
- ¤ Strengthen yourselves, ye sons of Benjamin, in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Thecua, and set up the standard over Bethacarem: for evil is seen out of the north, and a great destruction. Jer. 6:1
- Because the children of Juda have done evil in my eyes, saith the Lord. They have set their abominations in the house in which my name is called upon, to pollute it; Jer. 7:30
- And they have bent their tongue, as a bow, for lies, and not for truth: they have strengthened themselves upon the earth, for they have proceeded from evil to evil, and me they have not known, saith the Lord. Jer. 9:3
- They are framed after the likeness of a palm tree, and shall not speak: they must be carried to be removed, because they cannot go. Therefore fear them not, for they can neither do evil nor good. Jer. 10:5
- Woe is me for my destruction, my wound is very grievous. But I said: Truly this is my own evil, and I will bear it. Jer. 10:19
- And the Lord of hosts that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee: for the evils of the house of Israel, and of the house of Juda, which they have done to themselves, to provoke me, offering sacrifice to Baalim. Jer. 11:17
- And there shall be no remains of them: for I will bring in evil upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their visitation. Jer. 11:23
- If the Ethiopian can change his skin, or the leopard his spots: you also may do well, when you have learned evil. Jer. 13:23
- And thou shalt speak this word to them: Let my eyes shed down tears night and day, and let them not cease, because the virgin daughter of my people is afflicted with a great affliction, with an exceeding grievous evil. Jer. 14:17
- And when thou shalt tell this people all these words, and they shall say to thee: Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced against us all this great evil? what is our iniquity? and what is our sin, that we have sinned against the Lord our God? Jer. 16:10
- And you also have done worse than your fathers: for behold every one of you walketh after the perverseness of his evil heart, so as not to hearken to me. Jer. 16:12
- If that nation against which I have spoken, shall repent of their evil, I also will repent of the evil that I have thought to do to them. Jer. 18:8
- If it shall do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice: I will repent of the good that I have spoken to do unto it. Jer. 18:10
- Now therefore tell the men of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: let every man of you return from his evil way, and make ye your ways and your doings good. Jer. 18:11
- And they said; We have no hopes: for we will go after our own thoughts, and we will do every one according to the perverseness of his evil heart. Jer. 18:12
- Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, to speak good for them, and to turn away thy indignation from them. Jer. 18:20
- For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the Lord: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. Jer. 21:10
- O house of David, thus saith the Lord: Judge ye judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is oppressed by violence out of the hand of the oppressor: lest my indignation go forth like a fire, and be kindled, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your ways. Jer. 21:12
- But thy eyes and thy heart are set upon covetousness, and upon shedding innocent blood, and upon oppression, and running after evil works. Jer. 22:17
- Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to the pastors that feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold I will visit upon you for the evil of your doings, saith the Lord. Jer. 23:2
- Because the land is full of adulterers, because the land hath mourned by reason of cursing, the fields of the desert are dried up: and their course is become evil, and their strength unlike. Jer. 23:10
- And I have seen the likeness of adulterers, and the way of lying in the prophets of Jerusalem: and they strengthened the hands of the wicked, that no man should return from his evil doings, they are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha. Jer. 23:14
- They say to them that blaspheme me: The Lord hath said: You shall have peace: and to every one that walketh in the perverseness of his own heart, they have said: No evil shall come upon you. Jer. 23:17
- If they had stood in my counsel, and had made my words known to my people, I should have turned them from their evil way, and from their wicked doings. Jer. 23:22
- When he said: Return ye, every one from his evil way, and from your wicked devices, and you shall dwell in the land which the Lord hath given to you, and your fathers for ever and ever. Jer. 25:5
- For behold I begin to bring evil on the city wherein my name is called upon: and shall you be as innocent and escape free? you shall not escape free: for I will call for the sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts. Jer. 25:29
- Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold evil shall go forth from nation to nation: and a great whirlwind shall go forth from the ends of the earth. Jer. 25:32
- If so be they will hearken and be converted every one from his evil way; that I may repent me of the evil that I think to do unto them for the wickedness of their doings. Jer. 26:3
- Now therefore amend your ways, and your doings, and hearken to the voice of the Lord your God: and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath spoken against you. Jer. 26:13
- Did Ezechias king of Juda, and all Juda, condemn him to death? did they not fear the Lord, and beseech the face of the Lord: and the Lord repented of the evil that he had spoken against them? therefore we are doing a great evil against our souls. Jer. 26:19
- For the children of Israel, and the children of Juda, have continually done evil in my eyes from their youth: the children of Israel who even till now provoke me with the work of their hands, saith the Lord. Jer. 32:30
- Because of all the evil of the children of Israel, and of the children of Juda, which they have done, provoking me to wrath, they and their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, the men of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Jer. 32:32
- For thus saith the Lord: As I have brought upon this people all this great evil: so will I bring upon them all the good that I now speak to them. Jer. 32:42
- Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will bring upon Juda, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them, and they have not heard: I have called to them, and they have not answered me. Jer. 35:17
- And I will punish him, and his seed and his servants, for their iniquities, and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Juda all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they have not heard. Jer. 36:31
- And the princes said to the king. We beseech thee that this man may be put to death: for on purpose he weakeneth the hands of the men of war, that remain in this city, and the hands of the people, speaking to them according to these words: for this man seeketh not peace to this people, but evil. Jer. 38:4
- My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done against Jeremias the prophet, casting him into the dungeon to die there with hunger, for there is no more bread in the city. Jer. 38:9
- Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will bring my words upon this city unto evil, and not unto good: and they shall be accomplished in thy sight in that day. Jer. 39:16
- And the general of the army taking Jeremias, said to him: The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place, Jer. 40:2
- But Johanan the son of Caree, and all the captains of the fighting men that were with him, heard of the evil that Ismahel the son of Nathanias had done. Jer. 41:11
- Whether it be good or evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee: that it may be well with us when we shall hearken to the voice of the Lord our God. Jer. 42:6
- If you will be quiet and remain in this land, I will build you up, and not pull you down: I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for now I am appeased for the evil that I have done to you. Jer. 42:10
- And all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt, to dwell there, shall die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence: none of them shall remain, nor escape from the face of the evil that I will bring upon them. Jer. 42:17
- Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: You have seen all this evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Juda: and behold they are desolate this day, and there is not an inhabitant in them: Jer. 44:2
- But they heard not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their evil ways, and not to sacrifice to strange gods. Jer. 44:5
- And now thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against your own souls, that there should die of you man and woman, child and suckling out of the midst of Juda, and no remnant should be left you: Jer. 44:7
- Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will set my face upon you for evil: and I will destroy all Juda. Jer. 44:11
- But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil. Jer. 44:17
- So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed: therefore your land is become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. Jer. 44:22
- Behold I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Juda that are in the land of Egypt, shall be consumed, by the sword, and by famine, till there be an end of them. Jer. 44:27
- And this shall be a sign to you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place: that you may know that my words shall be accomplished indeed against you for evil. Jer. 44:29
- And dost thou seek great things for thyself? Seek not: for behold I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord! but I will give thee thy life, and save thee in all places whithersoever thou shalt go. Jer. 45:5
- There is no more rejoicing in Moab over Hesebon: they have devised evil. Come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Therefore shalt thou in silence hold thy peace, and the sword shall follow thee. Jer. 48:2
- And I will cause Elam to be afraid before their enemies, and in the sight of them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, my fierce wrath, saith the Lord: and I will send the sword after them, till I consume them. Jer. 49:37
- And I will render to Babylon, and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil, that they have done in Sion, before your eyes, saith the Lord. Jer. 51:24
- And Jeremias wrote in one book all the evil that was to come upon Babylon: all these words that are written against Babylon. Jer. 51:60
- And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Joakim had done. Jer. 52:2
- Sin. They have heard that I sigh, and there is none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard of my evil, they have rejoiced that thou hast done it: thou hast brought a day of consolation, and they shall be like unto me. Lam. 1:21
- Thau. Let all their evil be present before thee: and make vintage of them, as thou hast made vintage of me for all my iniquities: for my sighs are many, and my heart is sorrowful. Lam. 1:22
- Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the Highest? Lam. 3:38
- And we have gone away every man after the inclinations of his own wicked heart, to serve strange gods, and to do evil in the sight of the Lord our God. Bar. 1:22
- And the Lord hath watched over us for evil, and hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is just in all his works which he hath commanded us: Bar. 2:9
- But the soul that is sorrowful for the greatness of evil she hath done, and goeth bowed down, and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul giveth glory and justice to thee the Lord. Bar. 2:18
- And whether it be evil that one doth unto them, or good, they are not able to recompense it: neither can they set up a king, nor put him down: Bar. 6:33
- In like manner they can neither give riches, nor requite evil. If a man make a vow to them, and perform it not: they cannot require it. Bar. 6:34
- But if thou give warning to the wicked, and he be not converted from his wickedness, and from his evil way: he indeed shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul. Ezec. 3:19
- And I will send in upon you famine, and evil beasts unto utter destruction: and pestilence, and blood shall pass through thee, and I will bring in the sword upon thee. I the Lord have spoken it. Ezec. 5:17
- And they shall know that I the Lord have not spoken in vain that I would do this evil to them. Ezec. 6:10
- Because with lies you have made the heart of the just to mourn, whom I have not made sorrowful: and have strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his evil way, and live. Ezec. 13:22
- Yet there shall be left in it some that shall be saved, who shall bring away their sons and daughters: behold they shall come among you, and you shall see their way, and their doings: and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, in all things that I have brought upon it. Ezec. 14:22
- As for his father, because he oppressed and offered violence to his brother, and wrought evil in the midst of his people, behold he is dead in his own iniquity. Ezec. 18:18
- And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have done well by you for my own name's sake, and not according to your evil ways, nor according to your wicked deeds, O house of Israel, saith the Lord God. Ezec. 20:44
- Say to them: As I live, saith the Lord God, I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways: and why will you die, O house of Israel? Ezec. 33:11
- And I will make a covenant of peace with them, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they that dwell in the wilderness shall sleep secure in the forests. Ezec. 34:25
- So when they were put asunder one from the other, he called one of them, and said to him: O thou that art grown old in evil days, now are thy sins come out, which thou hast committed before: Dan. 13:52
- And he hath confirmed his words which he spoke against us, and against our princes that judged us, that he would bring in upon us a great evil, such as never was under all the heaven, according to that which hath been done in Jerusalem. Dan. 9:12
- As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: and we entreated not thy face, O Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and think on thy truth. Dan. 9:13
- And the Lord hath watched upon the evil, and hath brought it upon us: the Lord, our God, is just in all his works which he hath done: for we have not hearkened to his voice. Dan. 9:14
- And the heart of the two kings shall be to do evil, and they shall speak lies at one table, and they shall not prosper: because as yet the end is unto another time. Dan. 11:27
- And I have chastised them, and strengthened their arms: and they have imagined evil against me. Osee 7:15
- So hath Bethel done to you, because of the evil of your iniquities. Osee 10:15
- And rend your hearts, and not your garments and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil. Joel 2:13
- Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done? Amso 3:6
- Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time. Amso 5:13
- Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said. Amso 5:14
- Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph. Amso 5:15
- You that are separated unto the evil day: and that approach to the throne of iniquity; Amso 6:3
- And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall kill them. And I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. Amso 9:4
- And they said every one to his fellow: Come and let us cast lots, that we may know why this evil is upon us. And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonas. Jonas 1:7
- And they said to him: Tell us for what cause this evil is upon us, what is thy business? of what country art thou? and whither goest thou? or of what people art thou? Jonas 1:8
- And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and cry to the Lord with all their strength, and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands. Jonas 3:8
- And God saw their works, that they were turned from their evil way: and God had mercy with regard to the evil which he had said that he would do to them, and he did it not. Jonas 3:10
- And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive evil. Jonas 4:2
- For she is become weak unto good that dwelleth in bitterness: for evil is come down from the Lord into the gate of Jerusalem. Mic. 1:12
- ¤ Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is against God. Mic. 2:1
- Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I devise an evil against this family: from which you shall not withdraw your necks, and you shall not walk haughtily, for this is a very evil time. Mic. 2:3
- You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their skins from them and their flesh from their bones? Mic. 3:2
- Her princes have judged for bribes: and her priests have taught for hire, and her prophets divined for money: and they leaned upon the Lord, saying: Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. Mic. 3:11
- The evil of their hands they call good: the prince requireth, and the judge is for giving: and the great man hath uttered the desire of his soul, and they have troubled it. Mic. 7:3
- Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind. Nah. 1:11
- Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, and thou canst not look on iniquity. Why lookest thou upon them that do unjust things, and holdest thy peace when the wicked devoureth the man that is more just than himself? Hab. 1:13
- Woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of the hand of evil. Hab. 2:9
- And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and will visit upon the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their hearts: The Lord will not do good, nor will he do evil. Soph. 1:12
- The Lord hath taken away thy judgment, he hath turned away thy enemies: the king of Israel, the Lord, is in the midst of thee, thou shalt fear evil no more. Soph. 3:15
- Be not as your fathers, to whom the former prophets have cried, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Turn ye from your evil ways, and from your wicked thoughts: but they did not give ear, neither did they hearken to me, saith the Lord. Zach. 1:4
- And I am angry with a great anger with the wealthy nations: for I was angry a little, but they helped forward the evil. Zach. 1:15
- And oppress not the widow, and the fatherless, and the stranger, and the poor: and let not a man devise evil in his heart against his brother. Zach. 7:10
- And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his friend: and love not a false oath: for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lord. Zach. 8:17
- If you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and the sick, is it not evil? offer it to thy prince, if he will be pleased with it, or if he will regard thy face, saith the Lord of hosts. Mal. 1:8
- You have wearied the Lord with your words, and you said: Wherein have we wearied him? In that you say: Every one that doth evil, is good in the sight of the Lord, and such please him: or surely where is the God of judgment? Mal. 2:17
- And they made themselves prepuces, and departed from the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathens, and were sold to do evil: 1 Ma. 1:16
- And this was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil devil in Israel. 1 Ma. 1:38
- And he perceived that the money of his treasures failed, and that the tributes of the country were small, because of the dissension, and the evil that he had brought upon the land, that he might take away the laws of old times: 1 Ma. 3:29
- Now when Jonathan and the people heard these words, they gave no credit to them, nor received them because they remembered the great evil that he had done in Israel, for he had afflicted them exceedingly. 1 Ma. 10:46
- And king Ptolemee got the dominion of the cities by the sea side, even to Seleucia, and he devised evil designs against Alexander. 1 Ma. 11:8
- And they said: Deal not with us according to our evil deeds, but according to thy mercy. 1 Ma. 13:46
- And in his days things prospered in his hands, so that the heathens were taken away out of their country, and they also that were in the city of David, in Jerusalem, in the castle, out of which they issued forth, and profaned all places round about the sanctuary, and did much evil to its purity. 1 Ma. 14:36
- And he committed a great treachery in Israel, and rendered evil for good. 1 Ma. 16:17
- May he hear your prayers, and be reconciled unto you, and never forsake you in the evil time. 2 Ma. 1:5
- Who alone art gracious, who alone art just, and almighty, and eternal, who deliverest Israel from all evil, who didst choose the fathers, and didst sanctify them: 2 Ma. 1:25
- ¤ Therefore, when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws as yet were very well kept, because of the godliness of Onias, the high priest and the hatred his soul had of evil, 2 Ma. 3:1
- For he that hath his dwelling in the heavens, is the visitor and protector of that place, and he striketh and destroyeth them that come to do evil to it. 2 Ma. 3:39
- So Menelaus, who was guilty of all the evil, was acquitted by him of the accusations: and those poor men, who, if they had pleaded their cause even before Scythians, should have been judged innocent, were condemned to death. 2 Ma. 4:47
- But Jason slew his countrymen without mercy, not considering that prosperity against one's own kindred is a very great evil, thinking they had been enemies, and not citizens, whom he conquered. 2 Ma. 5:6
- Principally indeed out of fidelity to the king's interests, but in the next place also to provide for the good of my countrymen: for all our nation suffereth much from the evil proceedings of these men. 2 Ma. 14:8
- Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake: Mt. 5:11
- But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil. Mt. 5:37
- But I say to you not to resist evil: but if one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other: Mt. 5:39
- And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen. Mt. 6:13
- But if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall be darksome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkness: the darkness itself how great shall it be! Mt. 6:23
- Be not therefore solicitous for to morrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. Mt. 6:34
- If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him? Mt. 7:11
- Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit. Mt. 7:17
- A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit. Mt. 7:18
- And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts? Mt. 9:4
- Either make the tree good and its fruit good: or make the tree evil, and its fruit evil. For by the fruit the tree is known. Mt. 12:33
- O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Mt. 12:34
- A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. Mt. 12:35
- Who answering said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeketh a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. Mt. 12:39
- For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. Mt. 15:19
- Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Is thy eye evil, because I am good? Mt. 20:15
- They say to him: He will bring those evil men to an evil end and will let out his vineyard to other husbandmen that shall render him the fruit in due season. Mt. 21:41
- But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming: Mt. 24:48
- The governor said to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying: Let him be crucified. Mt. 27:23
- And he saith to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to destroy? But they held their peace. Mk. 3:4
- And forthwith the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the evil. Mk. 5:29
- For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Mk. 7:21
- Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. Mk. 7:22
- All these evil things come from within and defile a man. Mk. 7:23
- And Pilate saith to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more: Crucify him. Mk. 15:14
- Then Jesus said to them: I ask you, if it be lawful on the sabbath days to do good or to do evil? To save life or to destroy? Lk. 6:9
- Blessed shall you be when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you and shall reproach you and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Lk. 6:22
- But love ye your enemies: do good, and lend, hoping for nothing thereby: and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest. For he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil. Lk. 6:35
- For there is no good tree that bringeth forth evil fruit: nor an evil tree that bringeth forth good fruit. Lk. 6:43
- A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Lk. 6:45
- (And in that same hour, he cured many of their diseases and hurts and evil spirits: and to many that were blind he gave sight.) Lk. 7:21
- And certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who is called Magdalen, out of whom seven devils were gone forth, Lk. 8:2
- If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask him? Lk. 11:13
- The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body will be lightsome: but if it be evil, thy body also will be darksome. Lk. 11:34
- And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted and thou art tormented. Lk. 16:25
- And he said to them the third time: Why, what evil hath this man done? I find no cause of death in him. I will chastise him therefore and let him go. Lk. 23:22
- And we indeed justly: for we receive the due reward of our deeds. But this man hath done no evil. Lk. 23:41
- And this is the judgment: Because the light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than the light: for their works were evil. Jn. 3:19
- For every one that doth evil hateth the light and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved. Jn. 3:20
- And they that have done good things shall come forth unto the resurrection of life: but they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. Jn. 5:29
- The world cannot hate you: but me it hateth, because I give testimony of it, that the works thereof are evil, Jn. 7:7
- I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from evil. Jn. 17:15
- Jesus answered him: If I have spoken evil, give testimony of the evil; but if well, why strikest thou me? Jn. 18:23
- And God said to him: That his seed should sojourn in a strange country, and that they should bring them under bondage and treat them evil four hundred years. Acts 7:6
- But Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints in Jerusalem. Acts 9:13
- But when some were hardened and believed not, speaking evil of the way of the Lord before the multitude, departing from them, he separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. Acts 19:9
- Now some also of the Jewish exorcists, who went about, attempted to invoke over them that had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying: I conjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preacheth. Acts 19:13
- And Paul said: I knew not, brethren, that he is the high priest. For it is written: Thou shalt not speak evil of the prince of thy people. Acts 23:5
- And there arose a great cry. And some of the Pharisees rising up, strove, saying: We find no evil in this man. What if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel? Acts 23:9
- But they said to him: We neither received letters concerning thee from Judea: neither did any of the brethren that came hither relate or speak any evil of thee. Acts 28:21
- Detractors, hateful to God, contumelious, proud, haughty, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Rom. 1:30
- Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that worketh evil: of the Jew first, and also of the Greek. Rom. 2:9
- And not rather (as we are slandered and as some affirm that we say) let us do evil that there may come good? Whose damnation is just. Rom. 3:8
- For that which I work, I understand not. For I do not that good which I will: but the evil which I hate, that I do. Rom. 7:15
- For the good which I will, I do not: but the evil which I will not, that I do. Rom. 7:19
- I find then a law, that when I have a will to do good, evil is present with me. Rom. 7:21
- For when the children were not yet born, nor had done any good or evil (that the purpose of God according to election might stand): Not of works, but of him that calleth, Rom. 9:11
- Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good, Rom. 12:9
- To no man rendering evil for evil. Providing good things, not only in the sight of God but also in the sight of all men. Rom. 12:17
- Be not overcome by evil: but overcome evil by good. Rom. 12:21
- For princes are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? Do that which is good: and thou shalt have praise from the same. Rom. 13:3
- For he is God's minister to thee, for good. But if thou do that which is evil, fear: for he beareth not the sword in vain. For he is God's minister: an avenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil. Rom. 13:4
- The love of our neighbour worketh no evil. Love therefore is the fulfilling of the law. Rom. 13:10
- Let not then our good be evil spoken of. Rom. 14:16
- Destroy not the work of God for meat. All things indeed are clean: but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. Rom. 14:20
- For your obedience is published in every place. I rejoice therefore in you. But I would have you to be wise in good and simple in evil. Rom. 16:19
- For them that are without, God will judge. Put away the evil one from among yourselves. 1 Cor. 5:13
- Now these things were done in a figure of us, that we should not covet evil things, as they also coveted. 1 Cor. 10:6
- If I partake with thanksgiving, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? 1 Cor. 10:30
- Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil: 1 Cor. 13:5
- Be not seduced: Evil communications corrupt good manners. 1 Cor. 15:33
- For we must all be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may receive the proper things of the body, according as he hath done, whether it be good or evil. 2 Cor. 5:10
- By honour and dishonour: by evil report and good report: as deceivers and yet true: 2 Cor. 6:8
- Now we pray God that you may do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is good and that we may be as reprobates. 2 Cor. 13:7
- Let no evil speech proceed from your mouth: but that which is good, to the edification of faith: that it may administer grace to the hearers. Eph. 4:29
- Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Eph. 5:16
- Therefore, take unto you the armour of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day and to stand in all things perfect. Eph. 6:13
- Beware of dogs: beware of evil workers: beware of the concision. Phil. 3:2
- And you, whereas you were some time alienated and enemies in mind in evil works: Yet now he hath reconciled Col. 1:21
- Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, lust, evil concupiscence and covetousness, which is the service of idols. Col. 3:5
- See that none render evil for evil to any man: but ever follow that which is good towards each other and towards all men. 1 Th. 5:15
- From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves. 1 Th. 5:22
- And that we may be delivered from importunate and evil men: for all men have not faith. 2 Th. 3:2
- But God is faithful, who will strengthen and keep you from evil. 2 Th. 3:3
- I will, therefore, that the younger should marry, bear children, be mistresses of families, give no occasion to the adversary to speak evil. 1 Tim. 5:14
- He is proud, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and strifes of words; from which arise envies, contentions, blasphemies, evil suspicions, 1 Tim. 6:4
- But evil men and seducers shall grow worse and worse: erring, and driving into error, 2 Tim. 3:13
- Alexander the coppersmith hath done me much evil: the Lord will reward him according to his works: 2 Tim. 4:14
- The Lord hath delivered me from every evil work and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom. To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 2 Tim. 4:18
- One of them a prophet of their own, said: The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies. Tit. 1:12
- The sound word that can not be blamed: that he who is on the contrary part may be afraid, having no evil to say of us. Tit. 2:8
- To speak evil of no man, not to be litigious but gentle: shewing all mildness towards all men. Tit. 3:2
- Take heed, brethren, lest perhaps there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, to depart from the living God. Heb. 3:12
- But strong meat is for the perfect: for them who by custom have their senses exercised to the discerning of good and evil. Heb. 5:14
- Let us draw near with a true heart, in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with clean water. Heb. 10:22
- But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison. Jas. 3:8
- For where envying and contention is: there is inconstancy and every evil work. Jas. 3:16
- Take, my brethren, for an example of suffering evil, of labour and patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Jas. 5:10
- Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for railing, but contrariwise, blessing: for unto this are you called, that you may inherit a blessing. 1 Pet. 3:9
- For he that will love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile. 1 Pet. 3:10
- Let him decline from evil and do good: Let him seek after peace and pursue it: 1 Pet. 3:11
- Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his ears unto their prayers but the countenance of the Lord upon them that do evil things. 1 Pet. 3:12
- But with modesty and fear, having a good conscience: that whereas they speak evil of you, they may be ashamed who falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. 1 Pet. 3:16
- Wherein they think it strange that you run not with them into the same confusion of riotousness: speaking evil of you. 1 Pet. 4:4
- And many shall follow their riotousness, through whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 2 Pet. 2:2
- Dearly beloved, follow not that which is evil: but that which is good. He that doth good is of God: he that doth evil hath not seen God. 3 Jn. 1:11
- I know thy works and thy labour and thy patience and how thou canst not bear them that are evil. And thou hast tried them who say they are apostles and are not: and hast found them liars: Apoc. 2:2
- For an evil heart hath grown up in us, which hath led us astray from these statutes, and hath brought us into corruption and into the ways of death, hath shewed us the paths of perdition and removed us far from life; and that, not a few only, but well nigh all that have been created. 4 Esd. 7:48
- The first order, because they have striven with great labour to overcome the evil thought which was fashioned together with them, that it might not lead them astray from life into death. 4 Esd. 7:92