Bible Verses About Wicked

¶ It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

¶ The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

¶ The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

¶ The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

¶ The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

¶ The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

¶ When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

¶ The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

¶ As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

¶ They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

¶ Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

¶ The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

¶ Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

¶ A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

¶ The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

¶ The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

¶ The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

¶ The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

¶ There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.