Bible Verses About Calling the Bad Good
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for calling the bad good, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,565 votes, led by Isaiah 5:20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Calling the Bad Good
Isaiah 5:20273 votes
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Proverbs 17:15164 votes
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Romans 12:9101 votes
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Luke 6:43-4593 votes
For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
2 Timothy 4:3-493 votes
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
Luke 16:1571 votes
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
James 4:1768 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
3 John 1:1154 votes
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
Malachi 2:1751 votes
Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
Ezekiel 13:2248 votes
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
Proverbs 24:24-2540 votes
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
1 Corinthians 6:9-1037 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1 Thessalonians 5:21-2237 votes
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Matthew 6:2335 votes
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Matthew 23:27-2834 votes
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
Ephesians 5:1133 votes
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Micah 3:229 votes
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Matthew 7:17-2029 votes
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Proverbs 12:2228 votes
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Proverbs 24:2428 votes
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Jeremiah 23:1425 votes
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Romans 12:225 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Proverbs 12:524 votes
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Proverbs 12:1220 votes
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Proverbs 14:1220 votes
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
What does the Bible say about calling the bad good?
Readers most often cite Isaiah 5:20 on the subject of calling the bad good. Across 1,565 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 17:15, Romans 12:9, Luke 6:43-45. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.