Quotes about Malice
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
— Romans 1:29
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
— Psalm 58:4
In short, their malice is a veil to hinder them from observing the light of God; their obstinacy renders them harder than stones, so that they never suffer themselves to be subdued.
— John Calvin
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
— Psalm 10:7
no man can express a greater enmity unto or malice against the gospel, than he that should assert or maintain that the faith, profession, lives, ways, and walkings of the generality of Christians are a just representation of its truth and holiness.
— John Owen
The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.
— Victor Hugo
All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
— Psalm 41:7
Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
— Job 6:30
He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
— Proverbs 24:8
Her heavenly form Angelick, but more soft and feminine, Her graceful innocence, her every air Of gesture, or least action overawed His malice
— John Milton
Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
What could be less than to afford Him praise, The easiest recompense, and pay Him thanks? How due! Yet all His good proved ill in me And wrought but malice. Lifted up so high
— John Milton