Bible Verses About Evil and Wicked People
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for evil and wicked people, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 10,694 votes, led by Proverbs 6:12-16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Evil and Wicked People
Proverbs 6:12-16806 votes
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Proverbs 28:1-28486 votes
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Ecclesiastes 12:14470 votes
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Psalms 37:1-40325 votes
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Psalms 5:4310 votes
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
Psalms 34:21306 votes
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
James 1:13302 votes
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
Micah 2:1262 votes
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Romans 6:23235 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 John 5:19216 votes
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Romans 3:10-18206 votes
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Psalms 37:1186 votes
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Acts 17:30181 votes
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
John 8:24165 votes
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
John 14:15159 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
2 Thessalonians 3:2155 votes
And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
Acts 3:19153 votes
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
1 Thessalonians 5:22150 votes
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Job 8:22144 votes
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Romans 3:23143 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Isaiah 1:16-17134 votes
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Hebrews 13:6130 votes
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Psalms 73:1-28123 votes
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Romans 13:4117 votes
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
John 3:16115 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
What does the Bible say about evil and wicked people?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 6:12-16 on the subject of evil and wicked people. Across 10,694 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 28:1-28, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Psalms 37:1-40. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.