Bible Verses About Wicked

And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

This their way is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.

Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.

Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee--to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?

Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers is thy portion.

Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

To the Overseer. --An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.

Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.

Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

To the Overseer. --`On a disease.' --An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, `There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.

God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, One seeking God.

Every one went back, together they became filthy, There is none doing good--not even one.

Have not workers of iniquity known, Those eating my people have eaten bread, God they have not called.

There they feared a fear--there was no fear, For God hath scattered the bones of him Who is encamping against thee, Thou hast put to shame, For God hath despised them.

The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

Their poison is as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,

Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.

They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city.

Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords are in their lips, for `Who heareth?'

Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow--a bitter word.