What does the Bible say about the wicked?
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The Bible teaches that the wicked, those who persist in unbelief and rebellion against God, face His righteous judgment, while all who belong to Christ are saved by grace and receive eternal life. Jesus warns in Matthew 25:41 and 25:46 of everlasting punishment, and Matthew 10:28 calls us to fear God, who judges both body and soul. Revelation 21:8 describes the final destiny of the unrepentant, while 2 Peter 2:4 shows that even rebellious angels are not spared. Yet God’s judgment is holy and just, not cruel; Psalm 37:32 and Malachi 4:3 affirm that evil will not finally prevail. In Christ, sinners may find forgiveness, refuge, and deliverance from the wrath to come.
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- Revelation 21:8
But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
- Malachi 4:3
You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make," says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Matthew 25:41
Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
- Psalms 37:32
The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to kill him.
- Matthew 25:46
These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
- 2 Peter 2:4
For if God didn't spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved to judgment;
- Matthew 10:28
Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
- Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
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