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Bible Verses About Wickedness
Find Bible verses about wickedness — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about wickedness?
The Bible addresses wickedness with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Proverbs 4:17
“For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.”
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Ezekiel 7:11
“Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall there be eminency among them.”
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Genesis 39:9
“He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"”
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Proverbs 8:7
“For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.”
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Acts 3:26
“God, having raised up his servant, Jesus, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness."”
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Genesis 6:5
“Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
Psalms 119:150
“They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.”
Job 35:8
“Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.”
Job 21:14
“They tell God, 'Depart from us, for we don't want to know about your ways.”
1 Samuel 24:13
“As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness;' but my hand shall not be on you.”
Proverbs 12:3
“A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.”
Jeremiah 2:19
“"Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear i...”
Proverbs 21:10
“The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.”
Psalms 45:7
“You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”
Ezekiel 33:19
“When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.”
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Proverbs 4:19 — “The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over....”
Proverbs 6:12 — “A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;...”
Job 34:10 — “"Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness,...”
Psalms 10:15 — “Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none....”
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