Evil, examples of

Biblical examples of evil are many and varied.

Evil disasters sent by God in judgment

Genesis 7:20, Genesis 19:24; Exodus 7:20, Exodus 8:6, Exodus 8:17, Exodus 8:24, Exodus 9:6, Exodus 9:10, Exodus 9:23, Exodus 10:13, Exodus 10:22, Exodus 12:29; Numbers 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, Jeremiah 46:25–26, Jeremiah 47:4, Jeremiah 48:1, Jeremiah 49:1–2, Jeremiah 49:7–8, Jeremiah 49:35–38, Jeremiah 50:1–2; Amos 1:11, Amos 1:13, Amos 2:1

Evil rulers

Of Israel

1 Kings 12:31, 1 Kings 15:25–26, 1 Kings 15:33–34, 1 Kings 16:12–13, 1 Kings 16:18–19, 1 Kings 16:30, 1 Kings 21:25, 1 Kings 22:51–52; 2 Kings 10:31, 2 Kings 13:1–2, 2 Kings 13:10–11, 2 Kings 14:23–24, 2 Kings 15:8–9, 2 Kings 15:17–18, 2 Kings 15:24, 2 Kings 15:27–28, 2 Kings 17:1–2

Of Judah

1 Kings 11:4, 1 Kings 15:1–3; 2 Kings 8:16–18, 2 Kings 8:26–27, 2 Kings 11:1, 2 Kings 16:2, 2 Kings 21:1–2, 2 Kings 21:9, 2 Kings 21:19–20, 2 Kings 23:31–32, 2 Kings 23:36–37, 2 Kings 24:8–9, 2 Kings 24:18–19; 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, Isaiah 14:13–14; 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, Revelation 2:20

Opponents of Jesus Christ

Matthew 2:16, Matthew 12:14 parallel Mark 3:6; Luke 4:28; John 5:18, John 7:12, John 7:32, John 8:59, John 10:20, John 10:31, 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, Acts 13:50, Acts 14:5, Acts 14:19, Acts 16:19, Acts 17:5, Acts 17:13, 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, 1 Corinthians 8:10; 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Peter 2:18; 1 John 2:26