Bible Verses About Wicked

Adonai said, “My Spirit will not live in human beings forever, for they too are flesh; therefore their life span is to be 120 years.”

Now the men of S'dom were evil, committing great sins against ADONAI.

ADONAI said, "The outcry against S'dom and 'Amora is so great and their sin so serious

The land has become unclean, and this is why I am punishing it - the land itself will vomit out its inhabitants.

You returned and cried before ADONAI, but ADONAI neither listened to what you said nor paid you any attention.

But ADONAI was angry with me on account of you, and he didn't listen to me. ADONAI said to me, 'Enough from you! Don't say another word to me about this matter!

Moreover, ADONAI said to me, 'I have seen this people, and what a stiffnecked people they are!

You have been rebelling against ADONAI from the day I first knew you!

"He found his people in desert country, in a howling, wasted wilderness. He protected him and cared for him, guarded him like the pupil of his eye,

"'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.

as the old saying has it, 'Out of the wicked comes wickedness, but I will not lay a hand on you.'

"They looked, but there was no one to help, even to ADONAI, but he didn't answer.

Ach'av said to Eliyahu, "My enemy! You've found me!" He answered, "Yes, I have found you; because you have given yourself over to do what is evil from ADONAI's perspective.

The king of Isra'el said to Y'hoshafat, "Yes, there is still one man through whom we can consult ADONAI, Mikhay'hu the son of Yimlah; but I hate him, because he doesn't prophesy good things for me, but bad!" Y'hoshafat replied, "The king shouldn't say such a thing."

The king of Isra'el said to Y'hoshafat, "Yes, there is still one man through whom we can consult ADONAI; but I hate him, because he never prophesies anything good for me, only bad! It's Mikhay'hu the son of Yimlah." Y'hoshafat replied, "The king shouldn't say such a thing."

Now you intend to force the people from Y'hudah and Yerushalayim into subjection as your slaves; but haven't you guilty deeds of your own that you committed against ADONAI your God?

During his time of distress this same King Achaz added to his treachery against ADONAI

which you gave us through your servants the prophets when they said, 'The land which you are going to in order to take possession of it is a land defiled by the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, because of their disgusting practices, which have filled it with their filth from one end to the other.

I watch as a fool establishes roots, but I curse his home with sudden [destruction] -

his children are far from help, publicly humiliated, with no one to rescue;

the hungry eat up his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, while the thirsty are panting, eager to swallow his wealth.

Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of a hypocrite will perish -

his confidence is mere gossamer, his trust a spider's web.

He can lean on his house, but it won't stand; he can hold on to it, but it won't last;