Dictionary of Bible Themes
Dictionary of Bible Themes » 8000 The life of the believer » 8700 Threats to the life of faith » 8734 evil » 8739 evil, examples of
Biblical examples of evil are many and varied.
Evil disasters sent by God in judgment
Genesis 7:20;Genesis 19:24
The ten plagues of Egypt:
Exodus 7:20;Exodus 8:6,17,24;Exodus 9:6,10,23;Exodus 10:13,22;Exodus 12:29Numbers 16:21-22;1 Samuel 5:6;2 Samuel 24:15;1 Kings 17:1
Other disasters
Genesis 12:10;Genesis 26:1;Genesis 41:54;Amos 1:1;Luke 13:4;Acts 11:28
National evil
Israel guilty of evil
Exodus 32:7;Numbers 14:11;Deuteronomy 32:5;Judges 2:11-15;Judges 3:7;Judges 4:1;Judges 6:1;Judges 10:6;Judges 13:1;Nehemiah 9:28;Isaiah 65:12;Amos 2:4-8
Threats to Israel from other nations
Judges 6:1;1 Samuel 7:7;2 Chronicles 20:10-11
Judgment on other nations
1 Samuel 15:2;Isaiah 14:29-30;Isaiah 15:1;Isaiah 17:1;Isaiah 19:1;Jeremiah 46:10,25-26;Jeremiah 47:4;Jeremiah 48:1;Jeremiah 49:1-2,7-8,35-38;Jeremiah 50:1-2;Amos 1:11,13;Amos 2:1
Evil rulers
Of Israel
1 Kings 12:31;Kings 15:25-26,33-34;Kings 16:12-13,18-19,30;Kings 21:25;Kings 22:51-52;2 Kings 10:31;Kings 13:1-2,10-11;Kings 14:23-24;Kings 15:8-9,17-18,24,27-28;Kings 17:1-2
Of Judah
1 Kings 11:4;Kings 15:1-3;2 Kings 8:16-18,26-27;Kings 11:1;Kings 16:2;Kings 21:1-2,9,19-20;Kings 23:31-32,36-37;Kings 24:8-9,18-19;2 Chronicles 12:13-14
Of other nations
Exodus 5:2;Numbers 21:23;Judges 4:1-3;2 Kings 18:13;Isaiah 14:3-6,13-14;Daniel 4:31;Daniel 5:22
Evil religious leaders
1 Samuel 2:12;1 Kings 18:19;Jeremiah 23:11;Ezekiel 13:4;Ezekiel 34:2;Hosea 5:1;Micah 2:6;Zephaniah 3:4;Matthew 23:15;Revelation 2:14,20
Opponents of Jesus Christ
Matthew 2:16;Matthew 12:14 ppMark 3:6;Luke 4:28;John 5:18;John 7:12,32;John 8:59;John 10:20,31;John 19:6
Opponents of the church
Acts 4:3;Acts 5:18;Acts 6:9;Acts 8:1-3;Acts 12:1;Acts 13:8,50;Acts 14:5,19;Acts 16:19;Acts 17:5,13;Acts 18:12;Acts 19:29;Acts 20:3;Acts 21:27;Acts 23:12
Evil influences
Numbers 25:1;Numbers 31:16;Deuteronomy 18:9;Hosea 7:9;1 Corinthians 5:6;Corinthians 8:10;1 Timothy 4:1;2 Peter 2:18;1 John 2:26
See also
4815 drought
4822 famine
4957 night
5368 kingship
6169 godlessness
7227 flood, the
8751 false witness
8776 lies
8785 opposition
8794 persecution
8802 pride
