Bible Verses About Lesser of Two Evils
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for lesser of two evils, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 396 votes, led by James 4:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Lesser of Two Evils
James 4:1749 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
1 Thessalonians 5:2245 votes
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Romans 3:835 votes
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
Proverbs 3:3124 votes
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Galatians 5:123 votes
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Proverbs 17:1522 votes
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Exodus 23:221 votes
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Revelation 1:119 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Luke 3:1918 votes
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
Genesis 1:1613 votes
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Deuteronomy 31:1713 votes
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
Deuteronomy 31:1813 votes
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
Isaiah 7:2513 votes
And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
Jeremiah 2:1313 votes
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
1 Corinthians 10:1313 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Ezekiel 43:1412 votes
And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
Psalms 40:1210 votes
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
Matthew 25:1710 votes
And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
Matthew 25:2210 votes
He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
John 14:1-3110 votes
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Acts 23:2310 votes
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
What does the Bible say about lesser of two evils?
Readers most often cite James 4:17 on the subject of lesser of two evils. Across 396 votes, 21 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Thessalonians 5:22, Romans 3:8, Proverbs 3:31. This page lists all 21 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.