Bible Verses About Calling the Bad Good

“Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.”

“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles. The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.”

“So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.”

“Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.”

“Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him; but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.”

“But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!”

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.”

“Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.”

“Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.”

“You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.”

“Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.”

“The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.”

“The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.”

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”

“Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

“There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.”

“In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.”

“So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.”

“Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”

“Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.”