What does the Bible say about wicked?
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The Bible teaches that the wicked face God’s righteous judgment, yet God takes no pleasure in their death and calls sinners to repent and live. Proverbs 24:19-20 warns that evildoers have no lasting future, while Proverbs 10:24 teaches that the fears of the wicked will overtake them. Ezekiel 18:23 reveals the Lord’s merciful heart, and Romans 12:19 commands believers to leave vengeance to God. Civil authorities may rightly punish evil as God’s servants, according to Romans 13:4. Scripture also soberly warns that persistent, unrepentant sin excludes from God’s kingdom and ends in judgment, as seen in 1 Corinthians 6:9 and Revelation 21:8. Christians should neither envy nor imitate wickedness, but trust Christ and pursue righteousness.
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- Proverbs 24:19-20
[19] Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; Neither be envious of the wicked: [20] For there will be no reward to the evil man; And the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
- Psalms 141:10
Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, While I pass by.
- Ezekiel 18:23
Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Yahweh; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
- Proverbs 10:24
What the wicked fear, will overtake them, But the desire of the righteous will be granted.
- Romans 13:4
for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain; for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.
- 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."
- Hebrews 10:26
For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
- Romans 12:19
Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."
- 1 Corinthians 6:9
Or don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
- Proverbs 25:26
Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, So is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
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