Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:21
goodness | overcoming | idols
Yahweh will keep you from all evil.
He will keep your soul.
Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in,
from this time forward, and forever more.
Psalm 121:7-8
hope | life
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Ephesians 6:11
equipment | protection | idols
For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 6:12
Spirit | heaven | self-control
Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.
Romans 16:17
holiness | community | church
He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile the man.”
Mark 7:20-23
sin | purification | temptation
The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil.
I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
Proverbs 8:13
awe | pride | lying
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.
Genesis 50:20
God | life
See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all.
1 Thessalonians 5:15
blameless | righteousness
“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, and don’t give place to the devil.
Ephesians 4:26-27
sin | anger | devil
Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil.
1 Thessalonians 5:21-22
understanding | prophecy
Don’t be wise in your own eyes.
Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
It will be health to your body,
and nourishment to your bones.
Proverbs 3:7-8
awe | blessing | health
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
Romans 12:9
love | goodness
You who love Yahweh, hate evil!
He preserves the souls of his saints.
He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalm 97:10
reliability | redeemer | freedom
Depart from evil, and do good.
Seek peace, and pursue it.
Psalm 34:14
goodness | peace | idols
I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.
John 17:15
safety | mediator | world
Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all wrongs.
Proverbs 10:12
love | anger
And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
2 Timothy 4:18
protection | heaven | worship
Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother. Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’
Zechariah 7:9-10
righteousness | neighbor | gentleness
Establish my footsteps in your word.
Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.
Psalm 119:133
sin | following | devil
Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean.
Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes.
Cease to do evil.
Isaiah 1:16
sin | purification
Bring us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
Matthew 6:13
temptation | desires | protection
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
John 1:5
overcoming | light
Yahweh’s face is against those who do evil,
to cut off their memory from the earth.
Psalm 34:16
sin
Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
1 Corinthians 15:33
goodness | friendship
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
James 1:21
salvation | Word of God | conversion
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears open to their prayer;
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
1 Peter 3:12
righteousness | prayer | listening
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
sin | purification | repentance
Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
Luke 6:22
blessing | persecution | Jesus
Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Ephesians 6:13
protection | devil | temptation
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
James 3:16
sin | selfishness
He reveals the deep and secret things.
He knows what is in the darkness,
and the light dwells with him.
Daniel 2:22
almighty | sin | God
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth,
before the evil days come, and the years draw near,
when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them.”
Ecclesiastes 12:1
creation | life | joy
Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil,
but joy comes to the promoters of peace.
Proverbs 12:20
joy | peace
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:10
money | greeddesires
Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh.
Job 1:12
devil | protection | almighty
Now who will harm you if you become imitators of that which is good?
1 Peter 3:13
goodness | work
Live as free people, yet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
1 Peter 2:16
life | freedom | serving
Keep your tongue from evil,
and your lips from speaking lies.
Psalm 34:13
speaking | truth | lying
Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Yahweh of Armies says, ‘Return now from your evil ways and from your evil doings;’ but they didn’t hear nor listen to me, says Yahweh.
Zechariah 1:4
conversion | listening
But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
Matthew 5:37
reliability | speaking
Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left.
Remove your foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:27
righteousness | following | self-control
Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 5:11
blessing | persecution | gossip
Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there might be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God.
Hebrews 3:12
anger | heart | neighbor
Doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:6-7
love | truth | protection
You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
John 15:3
purification | Word of God | speaking
Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever—” Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
Genesis 3:22-23
eternal life | sin | life
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Ecclesiastes 8:11
sin | heart | punishment
Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace, above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
Ephesians 6:14-16
truth | righteousness | evangelism
Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2 Timothy 2:22
desires | temptation | righteousness
God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.
Jonah 3:10
repentance | forgiveness | grace