Quotes about Evil
But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
— Ecclesiastes 4:3
There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
— Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
— Ecclesiastes 6:1
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
— Ecclesiastes 8:11
This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
— Ecclesiastes 9:3
For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
— Ecclesiastes 9:12
There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:
— Ecclesiastes 10:5
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
— Ecclesiastes 10:13
For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
— Ecclesiastes 12:14
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
— Isaiah 13:11
For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
— Isaiah 29:20
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
— Isaiah 56:2