Bible Verses About Wicked

But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.

This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah

Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah

A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.

You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.

God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.

There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.

The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.

They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”

who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,