Bible Verses About Evil People

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

“Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?”

“For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.”

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

“Of David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong. For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants. Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”

“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”

“I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.”

“Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.”

“You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.”

“Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.”

“All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous. Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.”

“There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek; but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek. For God does not show favoritism.”

“A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.”

“To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.”

“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

“But He warned them sternly not to make Him known. Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.”

“I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers.”

“And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

“When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”

“The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.”

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

“Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.”