Quotes about Wickedness
for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
- Proverbs 24:2
He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
- Proverbs 24:8
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
- Proverbs 24:15
Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
- Proverbs 26:26
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
- Proverbs 28:12
When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.
- Proverbs 28:28
An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
- Proverbs 29:27
Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
- Ecclesiastes 3:16
In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
- Ecclesiastes 7:15
I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
- Ecclesiastes 7:25
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 8:14