Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good.

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

Genesis 2:9 (KJV)
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.

Genesis 2:17 (KJV)
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.

Genesis 3:5 (KJV)
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.

Genesis 3:22 (KJV)
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:

Genesis 8:20-21 (KJV)
And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21. 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.

Psalms 23:4 (KJV)
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.

Psalms 34:13 (KJV)
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Psalms 34:14 (KJV)
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Psalms 34:16 (KJV)
The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Psalms 37:1 (KJV)
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

Psalms 37:8 (KJV)
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Psalms 37:9 (KJV)
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

Psalms 112:7 (KJV)
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

Psalms 119:101 (KJV)
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

Psalms 121:7 (KJV)
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

Psalms 140:1 (KJV)
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

Psalms 141:4 (KJV)
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

Proverbs 22:3 (KJV)
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Proverbs 24:1 (KJV)
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

Proverbs 24:8 (KJV)
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

Proverbs 29:6 (KJV)
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

Romans 2:9 (KJV)
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

Romans 12:17 (KJV)
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

Galatians 1:4 (KJV)
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:

Ephesians 6:11-13 (KJV)
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 (KJV)
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

2 Timothy 3:13 (KJV)
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

Titus 2:8 (KJV)
Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

James 4:11 (KJV)
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

1 Peter 4:15 (KJV)
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

2 Peter 2:10 (KJV)
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

3 John 1:11 (KJV)
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

Jude 1:10 (KJV)
But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

Revelation 2:2 (KJV)
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

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