Bible Verses About Good and Evil
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for good and evil, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 24,705 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 Good and Evil
Romans 12:211,055 votes
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Isaiah 5:201,019 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 3:7529 votes
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
1 Corinthians 15:33504 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Psalms 34:14419 votes
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Proverbs 8:13418 votes
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Proverbs 4:27401 votes
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Genesis 3:1-24397 votes
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Psalms 37:27384 votes
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Isaiah 45:7369 votes
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
John 3:16341 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.
Romans 12:9341 votes
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Ephesians 6:12341 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.
Romans 2:6-8322 votes
Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
Romans 5:3-5318 votes
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Proverbs 17:15313 votes
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Romans 12:2308 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.
James 1:13-15300 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:
John 1:5295 votes
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Genesis 50:20275 votes
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
James 1:13273 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:
Psalms 97:10262 votes
Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Genesis 6:5240 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.
Mark 7:20-23237 votes
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
Matthew 6:13232 votes
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
What does the Bible say about good and evil?
Readers most often cite Romans 12:21 on the subject of good and evil. Across 24,705 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Isaiah 5:20, Proverbs 3:7, 1 Corinthians 15:33. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.