Evil For Evil

• Life

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good For food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and Evil.

• Punishment

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and Evil, thou shalt not eat of it: For in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and Evil.

• Life

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and Evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live For ever:

• Heart

And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more For man's sake; For the imagination of man's heart is Evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded Evil For good?

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the Evil that shall come on my father.

• Weeping

So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; For they did unto thee Evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

• Faith

But as For you, ye thought Evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done Evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.

And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; For Evil is before you.

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this Evil against thy people.

The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground For delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be Evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and Evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do Evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

• JOSHUA
• Decision
• Joshua

And if it seem Evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as For me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them For Evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: For they saw that Evil was come upon them.

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? For I hear of your Evil dealings by all this people.

• Intercession

And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray For thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: For we have added unto all our sins this Evil, to ask us a king.

And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: For if I knew certainly that Evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: For in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither Evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

• Mercy
• David
• Unselfishness

And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: For thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee Evil.

• Bread
• Disease
• Nabal

Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; For Evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: For he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him. Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

• Nabal
• Ingratitude

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me Evil For good.

• David
• Obedience

I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: For the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and Evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

• Prostration
• King
• Abigail

And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from Evil: For the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

• Malice

And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? For what have I done? or what Evil is in mine hand?

Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: For I have not found Evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.

And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard For me: the LORD shall reward the doer of Evil according to his wickedness.

And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; For we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring Evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring Evil upon Absalom.

Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: For I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the Evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

But hast done Evil above all that were before thee: For thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even For all the Evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.

• Rulers

For his sins which he sinned in doing Evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.

• Reproof

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; For he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but Evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

And he wrought Evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: For he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this Evil is of the LORD; what should I wait For the LORD any longer?

• Rulers

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: For the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did Evil in the sight of the LORD.

And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did Evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: For he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.

• David
• Unselfishness

And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done Evil indeed; but as For these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; For he never prophesied good unto me, but always Evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

If, when Evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (For thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: For he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was Evil in the eyes of the LORD.

Wherefore he did Evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: For they were his counsellers after the death of his father to his destruction.

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was Evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

But he did that which was Evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: For Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;

And after all that is come upon us For our Evil deeds, and For our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;

Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter For an Evil report, that they might reproach me.

And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the Evil that Eliashib did For Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

• Anger

And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request For his life to Esther the queen; For he saw that there was Evil determined against him by the king.

For how can I endure to see the Evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

• Condolence

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this Evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: For they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

When I looked For good, then Evil came unto me: and when I waited For light, there came darkness.

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall Evil dwell with thee.

For they intended Evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

• Exemplified
• Assurance

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no Evil: For thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

They rewarded me Evil For good to the spoiling of my soul.

Depart from Evil, and do good; and dwell For evermore.

• Ingratitude

They also that render Evil For good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me For Evil.

And they have rewarded me Evil For good, and hatred For my love.

For their feet run to Evil, and make haste to shed blood.

The LORD hath made all things For himself: yea, even the wicked For the day of Evil.

Whoso rewardeth Evil For good, Evil shall not depart from his house.

For there shall be no reward to the Evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

• Inherited
• Property

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it For his portion. This also is vanity and a great Evil.

• Prayer
• Priest

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: For they consider not that they do Evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; For he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. read more Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. show less

There is a sore Evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept For the owners thereof to their hurt.

And this also is a sore Evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured For the wind?

A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing For his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an Evil disease.

Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an Evil thing; For he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

• Fish

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an Evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an Evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; For thou knowest not what Evil shall be upon the earth.

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away Evil from thy flesh: For childhood and youth are vanity.

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be Evil.

The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! For they have rewarded Evil unto themselves.

Woe unto them that call Evil good, and good Evil; that put darkness For light, and light For darkness; that put bitter For sweet, and sweet For bitter!

For before the child shall know to refuse the Evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

And I will punish the world For their Evil, and the wicked For their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

Will he reserve his anger For ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done Evil things as thou couldest.

• Standard

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: For I will bring Evil from the north, and a great destruction.

For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do Evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: For Evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

For the children of Judah have done Evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.

• War

And they bend their tongues like their bow For lies: but they are not valiant For the truth upon the earth; For they proceed from Evil to Evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; For they cannot do Evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

• Idolatry

For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced Evil against thee, For the Evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.

And there shall be no remnant of them: For I will bring Evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.

This Evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good For nothing.

And ye have done worse than your fathers; For, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his Evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:

• Ingratitude

Shall Evil be recompensed For good? For they have digged a pit For my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good For them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

For I have set my face against this city For Evil, and not For good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

For the land is full of adulterers; For because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is Evil, and their force is not right.

Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: For I will bring Evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

They said, Turn ye again now every one from his Evil way, and from the Evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers For ever and ever:

For, lo, I begin to bring Evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: For I will call For a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of Evil, to give you an expected end.

For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done Evil before me from their youth: For the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.

For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great Evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

• Will

It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his Evil way: For great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.

• Impenitence

And I will punish him and his seed and his servants For their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the Evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.

My lord the king, these men have done Evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die For hunger in the place where he is: For there is no more bread in the city.

Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city For Evil, and not For good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.

If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: For I repent me of the Evil that I have done unto you.

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you For Evil, and to cut off all Judah.

• Libations
• Idolatry
• Self-delusion

But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: For then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no Evil.

Behold, I will watch over them For Evil, and not For good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you For Evil:

And seekest thou great things For thyself? seek them not: For, behold, I will bring Evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee For a prey in all places whither thou goest.

Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: For they have heard Evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring Evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

When I shall send upon them the Evil arrows of famine, which shall be For their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas For all the Evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your Evil ways; For why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Then shall ye remember your own Evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight For your iniquities and For your abominations.

And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great Evil: For under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the Evil, and brought it upon us: For the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: For we obeyed not his voice.

And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: For he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the Evil.

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; For it is an Evil time.

And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them For Evil, and not For good.

And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know For whose cause this Evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, For whose cause this Evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?

And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: For I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the Evil.

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully For good: but Evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an Evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: For this time is Evil.

The heads thereof judge For reward, and the priests thereof teach For hire, and the prophets thereof divine For money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none Evil can come upon us.

• Evildoers
• Character
• Mischievous

That they may do Evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh For a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

And let none of you imagine Evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: For all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

And if ye offer the blind For sacrifice, is it not Evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not Evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of Evil against you falsely, For my sake.

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: For whatsoever is more than these cometh of Evil.

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: For he maketh his sun to rise on the Evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

• Power
• Temptation

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from Evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, For ever. Amen.

Take therefore no thought For the morrow: For the morrow shall take thought For the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the Evil thereof.

• Heart

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being Evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

For out of the heart proceed Evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Is it not lawful For me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye Evil, because I am good?

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed Evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

• Miracles

But Jesus said, Forbid him not: For there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak Evil of me.

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as Evil, For the Son of man's sake.

• Unthankful
• Character

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping For nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: For he is kind unto the unthankful and to the Evil.

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an Evil man out of the Evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is Evil: For of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

And forgive us our sins; For we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from Evil.

• Character

For every one that doeth Evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: For it is written, Thou shalt not speak Evil of the ruler of thy people.

For the good that I would I do not: but the Evil which I would not, that I do.

(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or Evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

Recompense to no man Evil For Evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: For it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: For in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. read more Be not overcome of Evil, but overcome Evil with good. show less

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the Evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

For he is the minister of God to thee For good. But if thou do that which is Evil, be afraid; For he beareth not the sword in vain: For he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth Evil.

For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is Evil For that man who eateth with offence. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

• Obedient
• Character
• Wisdom

For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning Evil.

For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I Evil spoken of For that For which I give thanks?

Who gave himself For our sins, that he might deliver us from this present Evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

See that none render Evil For Evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

• Love

For the love of money is the root of all Evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

• Exemplified
• Assurance
• Power

And the Lord shall deliver me from every Evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory For ever and ever. Amen.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: For God cannot be tempted with Evil, neither tempteth he any man:

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every Evil work.

Not rendering Evil For Evil, or railing For railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from Evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do Evil.

For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer For well doing, than For Evil doing.

If ye be reproached For the name of Christ, happy are ye; For the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is Evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his Evil deeds.