Quotes about Wicked

Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works; evil works do not make a wicked man, but a wicked man does evil works.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

There are good things going on in the wider world, and we must join in while always remaining on the lookout for the point where we will be asked to do something that goes against the grain of the gospel. There are wicked things going on in the wider world, and we must stand out against them while always remaining on the lookout for the point where we become mere dualists, retreating from the world, which is already charged with the grandeur of God.

As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascinations. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

To be shallow is not a sign of being wicked, nor is shallowness a sign that there are no deeps; the ocean has a shore.

The wicked have weakness other than their willingness to kill and maim. Even the bleakest, cruelest soul can have its tender spots. Even the harshest desert has its pools, its shady trees and gentle streams.

Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.