16 Bible Verses about Growth Of Evil

He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing -- the great abominations that the people of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!"

He said to me, "You will see them practicing even greater abominations!"

He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these!"

But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red,

Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt.

Then she defied my regulations and my statutes, becoming more wicked than the nations and the countries around her. Indeed, they have rejected my regulations, and they do not follow my statutes.

The more the priests increased in numbers, the more they rebelled against me. They have turned their glorious calling into a shameful disgrace!

I will not drive them out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals multiply against you.

You have killed many people in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.'

Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces, and Judah has built many fortified cities. But I will send fire on their cities; it will consume their royal citadels.

Although Ephraim has built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning!

But the more I summoned them, the farther they departed from me. They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images.

It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house 'Beelzebul,' how much more will they defame the members of his household!

and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.

Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,

(He) The Lord, like an enemy, destroyed Israel. He destroyed all her palaces; he ruined her fortified cities. He made everyone in Daughter Judah mourn and lament.