Bible Verses About Evil in the World
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for evil in the world, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,538 votes, led by 1 John 2:15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Evil in the World
1 John 2:15122 votes
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Ephesians 6:10-18121 votes
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Romans 5:12116 votes
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Isaiah 5:2068 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!
Isaiah 55:8-966 votes
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
Romans 8:2848 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Genesis 6:546 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.
1 John 4:840 votes
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
John 3:1639 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.
Revelation 20:1-1538 votes
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Matthew 24:9-1337 votes
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
John 16:3335 votes
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
2 Timothy 3:1-534 votes
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Ephesians 6:1230 votes
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
James 1:1330 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:
Romans 12:229 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.
Romans 6:2328 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
James 4:428 votes
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Ephesians 6:1127 votes
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
John 3:2026 votes
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Romans 5:1626 votes
And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
Galatians 1:426 votes
Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
1 John 2:1623 votes
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Romans 12:922 votes
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Matthew 5:4821 votes
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
What does the Bible say about evil in the world?
Readers most often cite 1 John 2:15 on the subject of evil in the world. Across 1,538 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:10-18, Romans 5:12, Isaiah 5:20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.