Bible Verses About Wicked

in order to shoot from cover at the innocent, shooting suddenly and fearing nothing.

They support each other's evil plans; they talk of hiding snares and ask, "Who would see them?"

They search for ways to commit crimes, bringing their diligent search to completion when each of them has thought it through in the depth of his heart.

Had I cherished evil thoughts, Adonai would not have listened.

God gives homes to those who are alone and leads prisoners out into prosperity. But rebels must live in a parched wasteland.

A psalm of Asaf: How good God is to Isra'el, to those who are pure in heart!

But as for me, I lost my balance, my feet nearly slipped,

when I grew envious of the arrogant and saw how the wicked prosper.

For when their death comes, it is painless; and meanwhile, their bodies are healthy;

they don't have ordinary people's troubles, they aren't plagued like others.

So for them, pride is a necklace; and violence clothes them like a robe.

Their eyes peep out through folds of fat; evil thoughts overflow from their hearts.

They scoff and speak with malice, they loftily utter threats.

They set their mouths against heaven; their tongues swagger through the earth.

Therefore his people return here and [thoughtlessly] suck up that whole cup of water.

Then they ask, "How does God know? Does the Most High really have knowledge?"

Yes, this is what the wicked are like; those free of misfortune keep increasing their wealth.

It's all for nothing that I've kept my heart clean and washed my hands, staying free of guilt;

for all day long I am plagued; my punishment comes every morning.

If I had said, "I will talk like them,"I would have betrayed a generation of your children.

When I tried to understand all this, I found it too hard for me -

until I went into the sanctuaries of God and grasped what their destiny would be.

Indeed, you place them on a slippery slope and make them fall to their ruin.

How suddenly they are destroyed, swept away by terrors!

They are like a dream when one awakens; Adonai, when you rouse yourself, you will despise their phantoms.