Bible Verses About Malice: General references

"'Do not hate your brother in your heart, but rebuke your neighbor frankly, so that you won't carry sin because of him.

Don't take vengeance on or bear a grudge against any of your people; rather, love your neighbor as yourself; I am ADONAI.

"'A curse on anyone who moves his neighbor's boundary marker.' All the people are to say, 'Amen!'

"'A curse on anyone who causes a blind person to lose his way on the road.'All the people are to say, 'Amen!'

"'Rather, their vine is from the vine of S'dom, from the fields of 'Amora -their grapes are poisonous, their clusters are bitter;

their wine is snake poison, the cruel venom of vipers.

When the king of Isra'el saw them, he asked Elisha, "My father, should I attack them? Should I attack them?"

He answered, "Don't attack them! You wouldn't even attack prisoners you had captured with your own sword and bow, would you? So give them food to eat and water to drink, and let them return to their master."

"Did I rejoice at the destruction of him who hated me? Was I filled with glee when disaster overtook him?

No, I did not allow my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.

Look how the wicked is pregnant with evil; he conceives trouble, gives birth to lies.

He makes a pit, digs it deep, and falls into the hole he made.

His mischief will return onto his own head, his violence will recoil onto his own skull.

His mouth is full of curses, deceit, oppression; under his tongue, mischief and injustice.

He waits near settlements in ambush and kills an innocent man in secret; his eyes are on the hunt for the helpless.

Lurking unseen like a lion in his lair, he lies in wait to pounce on the poor, then seizes the poor and drags him off in his net.

Yes, he stoops, crouches down low; and the helpless wretch falls into his clutches.

All who see me jeer at me; they sneer and shake their heads:

"He committed himself to ADONAI, so let him rescue him! Let him set him free if he takes such delight in him!"

But when I stumble, they gather in glee; they gather against me and strike me unawares; they tear me apart unceasingly.

With ungodly mocking and grimacing, they grind their teeth at me.

Don't let those who are wrongfully my enemies gloat over me; and those who hate me unprovoked -don't let them smirk at me.

For they don't speak words of peace but devise ways to deceive the peaceful of the land.

They shout to accuse me, "Aha! Aha! we saw you with our own eyes!"

My enemies say the worst about me: "When will he die and his name disappear?"