Concordance

“Evil” in the Bible

398 verses contain “evil” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible — the first 150 are listed below.

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Genesis 2:9 … the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and…
Genesis 2:17 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.”
Genesis 3:5 “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Genesis 3:22 …Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live…
Genesis 6:5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
Genesis 8:21 …cause of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have…
Genesis 39:9 No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
Genesis 44:4 They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
Genesis 50:15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
Genesis 50:20 As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
Exodus 10:10 Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.
Exodus 32:12 Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce…
Exodus 32:22 “Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.
Leviticus 5:4 …e swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it,…
Numbers 32:13 The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.
Deuteronomy 1:35 “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,
Deuteronomy 1:39 …ptives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess…
Deuteronomy 4:25 …f you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to…
Deuteronomy 9:18 … because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to…
Deuteronomy 13:5 …D your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among…
Deuteronomy 17:2 If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant
Deuteronomy 17:5 you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.
Deuteronomy 17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
Deuteronomy 17:12 …, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from…
Deuteronomy 19:19 you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.
Deuteronomy 19:20 Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.
Deuteronomy 21:21 Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
Deuteronomy 22:21 …ng promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among…
Deuteronomy 22:22 If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
Deuteronomy 22:24 … he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among…
Deuteronomy 24:7 …or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among…
Deuteronomy 31:18 And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.
Deuteronomy 31:29 … days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your…
Judges 2:11 And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
Judges 2:19 …rve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn…
Judges 3:7 So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
Judges 3:12 Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
Judges 4:1 After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
Judges 6:1 Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
Judges 10:6 And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and…
Judges 13:1 Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
Judges 20:13 Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
1 Samuel 12:17 …hunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a…
1 Samuel 12:19 They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
1 Samuel 12:20 “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
1 Samuel 12:25 But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
1 Samuel 15:19 So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”
1 Samuel 20:7 If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
1 Samuel 20:9 “Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
1 Samuel 20:13 But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD…
1 Samuel 23:9 When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
1 Samuel 24:11 … off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my…
1 Samuel 24:17 and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
1 Samuel 25:3 His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
1 Samuel 25:21 …at belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for…
1 Samuel 25:28 …y for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you…
1 Samuel 25:39 …t the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to…
1 Samuel 26:18 And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
2 Samuel 3:39 And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
2 Samuel 11:27 …e and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the…
2 Samuel 12:9 Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain…
2 Samuel 14:17 …g me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with…
1 Kings 1:52 And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
1 Kings 2:44 The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
1 Kings 3:9 Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
1 Kings 11:6 So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.
1 Kings 13:33 Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who…
1 Kings 14:9 You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind…
1 Kings 14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
1 Kings 15:26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
1 Kings 15:34 And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
1 Kings 16:7 … of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming…
1 Kings 16:19 because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to…
1 Kings 16:25 But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
1 Kings 16:30 However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
1 Kings 21:20 … “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the…
1 Kings 21:25 (Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
1 Kings 22:52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.
2 Kings 3:2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.
2 Kings 8:12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young…
2 Kings 8:18 And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Kings 8:27 And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
2 Kings 13:2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
2 Kings 13:11 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them.
2 Kings 14:24 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
2 Kings 15:9 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
2 Kings 15:18 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
2 Kings 15:24 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
2 Kings 15:28 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
2 Kings 17:2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
2 Kings 17:17 …ivination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to…
2 Kings 21:2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
2 Kings 21:6 …ination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to…
2 Kings 21:9 But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
2 Kings 21:15 because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt until this day.’”
2 Kings 21:16 …dition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the…
2 Kings 21:20 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.
2 Kings 23:32 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
2 Kings 23:37 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
2 Kings 24:9 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.
2 Kings 24:19 And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
2 Kings 25:27 …h year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from…
1 Chronicles 21:7 This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
2 Chronicles 12:14 And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
2 Chronicles 21:6 And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 22:4 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.
2 Chronicles 29:6 For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and…
2 Chronicles 33:2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
2 Chronicles 33:6 …chcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to…
2 Chronicles 33:9 So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
2 Chronicles 33:22 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,
2 Chronicles 36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
2 Chronicles 36:9 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 36:12 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.
Ezra 9:13 After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us…
Nehemiah 9:28 But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to…
Nehemiah 13:7 to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.
Nehemiah 13:17 Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
Nehemiah 13:27 Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”
Esther 8:3 …. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the…
Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
Job 1:8 …a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns…
Job 2:3 …a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without…
Job 15:35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
Job 20:12 Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
Job 21:30 Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
Job 28:28 And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Job 30:26 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
Job 31:29 If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
Job 35:12 There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Psalms 5:4 For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
Psalms 7:4 if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
Psalms 7:9 Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
Psalms 7:14 Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
Psalms 17:3 You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
Psalms 22:16 For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
Psalms 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Psalms 28:4 Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.
Psalms 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
Psalms 34:14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Psalms 34:16 But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
Psalms 34:21 Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.
Psalms 35:12 They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
Psalms 36:4 Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
Psalms 37:1 Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
Psalms 37:19 In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.
Psalms 37:27 Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.
Psalms 38:20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
Psalms 40:12 For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
Psalms 50:19 You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.

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