Bible Verses About Evil Doers
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for evil doers, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,000 votes, led by Proverbs 21:15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Evil Doers
Proverbs 21:15132 votes
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
James 4:17115 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Matthew 12:36-37106 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Romans 13:495 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.
Revelation 21:887 votes
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Luke 6:3578 votes
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Matthew 7:21-2367 votes
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
John 8:4466 votes
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
2 Timothy 3:559 votes
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
1 John 2:457 votes
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Proverbs 6:16-1956 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
John 8:3252 votes
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Genesis 6:542 votes
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Psalms 55:2342 votes
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Titus 1:15-1642 votes
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
James 4:1-239 votes
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Job 34:2237 votes
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
James 1:1433 votes
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Ecclesiastes 8:1130 votes
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Romans 12:1930 votes
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Matthew 7:1-228 votes
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
James 1:2227 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Jude 1:726 votes
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Psalms 37:1-4025 votes
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Romans 13:1-1425 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
What does the Bible say about evil doers?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 21:15 on the subject of evil doers. Across 2,000 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 4:17, Matthew 12:36-37, Romans 13:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.