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20 Bible Verses About Evil

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Summary

  • In Genesis 3:4-5 the serpent offers knowledge of good and evil and contradicts God’s warning in Genesis 2:17 that eating from the tree would bring death.
  • Jesus in Mark 7:21-23 places the source of evil thoughts and acts in the heart, and Mark adds that he declared all foods clean.
  • Romans 12:21 follows “Do not repay anyone evil for evil” and Paul’s quotation of Proverbs 25:21-22, feeding a hungry enemy.
  • Habakkuk 1:13 asks God why he is silent while the wicked swallow up the righteous, and God’s reply in Habakkuk 2 gives a revelation to wait for.
  • Genesis 50:20 names two intentions, the brothers’ harm and God’s good, and Revelation 21:4 promises no more death, mourning, crying or pain.

The Bible treats evil as real. It traces evil to a tempter who lies, to spiritual forces opposed to God, and to the human heart (Mark 7:21-23), and it tells God’s people to overcome evil with good (Romans 12:21). It also shows God turning to good the harm Joseph’s brothers intended (Genesis 50:20), and near its end promises no more death, mourning or pain (Revelation 21:4). Along the way it asks the question evil raises about God: Habakkuk 1:13 says…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

King James Version, Matthew 6:13, quoted for comparison with the NIV. biblegateway.com

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