רָשָׁע

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?”

The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”

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.

Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

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.”

You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.

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

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

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.

…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.

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.

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.

…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?’

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.

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

He strikes them for their wickedness in full view,

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.

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