Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see the LORD's majesty.
The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called The Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there.
For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you, and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
"There is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."
They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
"There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don't fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
"Isn't this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, 'Here I am.' "If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue mutters wickedness.
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
"Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you," says the Lord, the LORD of Armies.
How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have taught even the wicked women your ways.
"Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat for them by the ways, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.
Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
"Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart."
For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don't judge the right of the needy.
As a well casts forth its waters, so she casts forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.
The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.
But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
I listened and heard, but they didn't speak aright: no man repents him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
You are righteous, the LORD, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.
The people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them--them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness on them.
We acknowledge, the LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.
The wind shall feed all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity: surely then you will be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.
for both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness, says the LORD.
In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none does return from his wickedness: they are all of them become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.
Behold, the storm of the LORD, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, yes, a whirling storm: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.
A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, says the LORD.
Behold, the storm of the LORD, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, a sweeping storm: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.
while [men] come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have killed in my anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hidden my face from this city:
because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, [and] to serve other gods, that they didn't know, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers.
But they didn't listen, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.
Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.
Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more."
"It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?
Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?
Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.
If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."
the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
"Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
"Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God."
"Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
"How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'
Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
They cut their provender in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.
"Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?
"Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
Who says to a king, 'Vile!' or to nobles, 'Wicked!'?
He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.
"But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great."
Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the assembly.
"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me."
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;
and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite on their heads: and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, "No, my brothers, please don't act so wickedly; since this man is come into my house, don't do this folly.
(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) The children of Israel said, "Tell us, how did this wickedness happen?"
The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What wickedness is this that is happen among you?
Let all their wickedness come before you; Do to them, as you have done to me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
"'Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
"'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.
The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
"He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.
Whereas Edom says, "We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places;" thus says the LORD of Armies, "They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them 'The Wicked Land,' even the people against whom the LORD shows wrath forever."
Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.'
Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him.
"For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up," says the LORD of Armies, "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make," says the LORD of Armies.
covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
"But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?
There is one gone forth out of you, who devises evil against the LORD, who counsels wickedness.
Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.
However you are just in all that is come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.
He spoke to the congregation, saying, "Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!"
But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
Don't be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:
the LORD's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.
the LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.
What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.
The fear of the LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.
The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.
A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.
By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!
A good man shall obtain favor from the LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.
A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.
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