Bible Verses About Wicked

To a fool, vileness is like a game, as is wisdom to a person of discernment.

What a fool dreads will overtake him, but the righteous will be given his desire.

When the storm has passed, the wicked are gone; but the righteous are firmly established forever.

What the righteous hope for will end in joy; what the wicked expect will come to nothing.

The way of ADONAI is a stronghold to the upright but ruin to those who do evil.

The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not remain in the land.

The lips of the righteous know what is wanted, but the mouth of the wicked [knows] deceit.

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the duplicity of the treacherous destroys them.

The righteousness of the innocent levels their way, but wickedness of the wicked makes them fall.

The righteousness of the upright rescues them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own intrigues.

The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked comes to take his place.

When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; and when the wicked perish, there is joy.

By the blessing of the upright, a city is raised up; but the words of the wicked tear it down.

The profits of the wicked are illusory; but those who sow righteousness gain a true reward.

Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuer of evil goes to his own death.

The crooked-hearted are an abomination to ADONAI, but those sincere in their ways are his delight.

Depend on it: the evil will not go unpunished; but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

The righteous desire only good, but what the wicked hope for brings wrath.

If the righteous are paid what they deserve here on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

No one is made secure by wickedness, but the roots of the righteous will never be moved.

The plans of the righteous are just, but the schemes of the wicked are deceitful.

The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Once the wicked are down, it's the end of them; but the house of the upright endures.

The wicked is trapped by his own sinful speech, but the righteous finds a way out of trouble.

No harm can come to the righteous, but the wicked are overwhelmed with disaster.