Wicked

But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

“How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.

I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”

And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.

…that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),

Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.

While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”

The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.

(Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”

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.

Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”

He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.

As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.

…but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”

Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.

How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”

…then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.

Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.

…then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

…and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.

Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.

Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring its walls and repairing its foundations.

For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.

Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”

A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.

Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”

…the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”

Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’

Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?

But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.

May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.

…who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’

If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.

He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.

But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.

…that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.

Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.

Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.

The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.

In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”

Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.

For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.

On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.

…from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,

I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

…in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.

O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.

Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.