Bible Verses About Evil People
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for evil people, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,394 votes, led by Romans 12:21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Evil People
Romans 12:21111 votes
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 2:6-889 votes
Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
Jeremiah 12:180 votes
Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Psalms 5:476 votes
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
1 Corinthians 15:3370 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Romans 13:469 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.
Romans 1:26-2961 votes
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Romans 3:2358 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Psalms 37:1-455 votes
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Isaiah 48:2251 votes
There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
Ephesians 4:2950 votes
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Isaiah 45:749 votes
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
John 3:2044 votes
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Exodus 14:1443 votes
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Romans 1:18-2240 votes
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
2 Timothy 3:1-538 votes
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
John 3:1633 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.
Hebrews 9:2730 votes
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
1 Peter 3:929 votes
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Matthew 12:34-3528 votes
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Romans 2:9-1127 votes
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
Romans 2:12-1627 votes
For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
Proverbs 29:1120 votes
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Mark 3:12-1318 votes
And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
Proverbs 8:1317 votes
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
What does the Bible say about evil people?
Readers most often cite Romans 12:21 on the subject of evil people. Across 1,394 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 2:6-8, Jeremiah 12:1, Psalms 5:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.