69 Bible Verses about evil, believers' responses to

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.

abstain from every form of evil.

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of Jehovah.

And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof .

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ:

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.read more.
Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you, And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

neither give place to the devil.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

O ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.

But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and saith, Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.

preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baalim.

For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you.

and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It pertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto Jehovah, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honor from Jehovah God.

And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.

Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this,

For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

But the other answered, and rebuking him said, Dost thou not even fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land? While it remained, did it not remain thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thy power? How is it that thou hast conceived this thing in thy heart? thou has not lied unto men, but unto God.

But Peter'said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them that have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out.

As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

Them that sin reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

But them that are without God judgeth. Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou wilt heap coals of fire upon his head, And Jehovah will reward thee.

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release it with him.

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,

See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.

And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.