The Lord will keep you from all evil

Synonyms for Evil: wicked, bad, wrong, wrongful, immoral, sinful, ungodly, unholy, foul, vile, base, ignoble, dishonorable – US, dishonourable – UK, and corrupt

Genesis 2:9 (ESV)
And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:17 (ESV)
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Genesis 3:5 (ESV)
For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Genesis 3:22 (ESV)
Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—”

Genesis 8:20-21 (ESV)
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21. And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.

Psalms 23:4 (ESV)
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Psalms 34:13 (ESV)
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Psalms 34:14 (ESV)
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Psalms 34:16 (ESV)
The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Psalms 37:1 (ESV)
Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!

Psalms 112:7 (ESV)
He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord .

Psalms 119:101 (ESV)
I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.

Psalms 121:7 (ESV)
The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.

Psalms 140:1 (ESV)
Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,

Psalms 141:4 (ESV)
Do not let my heart incline to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity, and let me not eat of their delicacies!

Proverbs 22:3 (ESV)
The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

Proverbs 24:1 (ESV)
Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them,

Proverbs 24:8 (ESV)
Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer.

Proverbs 29:6 (ESV)
An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.

Romans 2:9 (ESV)
There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,

Romans 12:17 (ESV)
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

Galatians 1:3-4 (ESV)
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4. who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

Ephesians 6:11-13 (ESV)
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 (ESV)
But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.

2 Timothy 3:13 (ESV)
while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Titus 2:7-8 (ESV)
Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, 8. and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

James 4:11 (ESV)
Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

1 Peter 4:15 (ESV)
But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.

2 Peter 2:10 (ESV)
and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones,

3 John 1:11 (ESV)
Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.

Jude 1:10 (ESV)
But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.

Revelation 2:2 (ESV)
‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.

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