Bible Verses About Wicked

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

He says in his heart, "God forgets, he hides his face, he will never see."

ADONAI tests the righteous; but he hates the wicked and the lover of violence.

with your hand, ADONAI, from human beings, from people whose portion in life is this world. You fill their stomachs with your treasure, their children will be satisfied too and will leave their wealth to their little ones.

But my prayer, in righteousness, is to see your face; on waking, may I be satisfied with a vision of you.

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

Many are the torments of the wicked, but grace surrounds those who trust in ADONAI.

For the leader. By David, the servant of ADONAI: Crime speaks to the wicked. I perceive this in my heart; before his eyes there is no fear of God.

For, the way he sees it, crime makes his life easy that is, until his wrongs are discovered; then, he is hated.

His words are wrong and deceitful; he has stopped being wise and doing good.

He devises trouble as he lies in bed; so set is he on his own bad way that he doesn't hate evil.

By David: Don't be upset by evildoers or envious of those who do wrong,

The wicked plots against the righteous and grinds his teeth at him;

For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but ADONAI upholds the righteous.

ADONAI knows what the wholehearted suffer, but their inheritance lasts forever.

They will not be distressed when times are hard; when famine comes, they will have plenty.

For the wicked will perish; ADONAI's enemies will be like sheep fat, ending up as smoke, finished.

The wicked borrows and doesn't repay, but the righteous is generous and gives.

For those blessed by [ADONAI] will inherit the land, but those cursed by him will be cut off.

I have seen a wicked man wielding great power, flourishing like a shade tree in its native soil.

But I passed by again, and he was no longer there; I looked for him, but he could not be found.

Observe the pure person, consider the upright; for the peaceful person will have posterity.

But transgressors will all be destroyed; the posterity of the wicked will be cut off.

For he can see that wise men will die, likewise the fool and the brute will perish and leave their wealth to others.

They think their homes will last forever, their dwellings through all generations; they give their own names to their estates.