Quotes about Evil
An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
- Proverbs 29:6
But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 4:3
There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
- Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
- Ecclesiastes 6:1
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
- Ecclesiastes 8:11
This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3
For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12
There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:
- Ecclesiastes 10:5
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
- Ecclesiastes 10:13
For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
- Isaiah 13:11
For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
- Isaiah 29:20