רָשָׁע

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. raise: or, receive

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. guilty: Heb. faulty to die

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. weary: Heb. wearied in strength

They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. shall come: Heb. shall not be

This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? work: Heb. labour

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. they shall: Heb. flight shall perish from them the giving: or, a puff of breath

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. hath: Heb. hath shut me up

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? short: Heb. from near

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. appointed: Heb. of his decree from God

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. candle: or, lamp

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? the dwelling: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge they gather: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; open: Heb. place of beholders

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. poor: or, afflicted

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. take: or, should uphold thee

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? ends: Heb. wings

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. ungodly: or, wicked

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. Higgaion: that is, Meditation

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. The wicked: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. heart's: Heb. soul's blesseth: or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. God is: or, all his thoughts are, There is no God

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. privily: Heb. in darkness

The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. an horrible: or, a burning tempest

The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. men: Heb. of the sons of the men

From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. oppress: Heb. waste my: Heb. my enemies against the soul

Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: disappoint: Heb. prevent his face which is: or, by

I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. silent: or, cut off for

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. desolate: or, guilty

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. plotteth: or, practiseth

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. such: Heb. the upright of way

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. the fat: Heb. the preciousness

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. a green: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. my mouth: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. as soon: Heb. from the belly

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. of the deceitful: Heb. of deceit are opened: Heb. have opened themselves

Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. Satan: or, an adversary

When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. be condemned: Heb. go out guilty, or, wicked

The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. bands: or, companies

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. puttest: Heb. causest to cease

Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. lest: or, let them not be exalted

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. escape: Heb. pass over

The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. rooted: or, plucked up

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. sins: Heb. sin

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. the substance: or, the wicked for their wickedness

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. prolongeth: Heb. addeth

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. frowardness: Heb. frowardnesses

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. direct: Heb. rectify

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. tender: or, bowels

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. the net: or, the fortress

There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. excellent: or, abundant

A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. lamp: or, candle

A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. a faithful: Heb. an ambassador of faithfulness

The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. An: Heb. A witness of Belial

A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. An: Heb. Haughtiness of eyes the plowing: or, the light

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. destroy: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. findeth: Heb. is not favoured

The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? with: Heb. in wickedness?

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way. directeth: or, considereth

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; Fret: or, Keep not company with the wicked

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. candle: or, lamp

He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden. hidden: or, sought for

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. in: or, increased

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.