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What the Bible Says About Titles and Names of the Wicked

Overview

The Bible addresses titles and names of the wicked across 82 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Psalms, Matthew and Isaiah. Closely related themes include Wicked, Psalms, Rebellion Against God and Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Jesus, Eli, Solomon and Rehoboam.

Key Bible verses about titles and names of the wicked

Old Testament

Psalms

Psalms 1:1

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

Psalms 17:14

From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. which are: or, by they: or, their children are full

Psalms 26:9

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: Gather: or, Take not away bloody: Heb. men of blood

Psalms 28:3

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.

Psalms 36:12

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Psalms 37:1

A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

Psalms 37:20

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

Psalms 37:28

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.

Psalms 37:38

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

Psalms 51:13

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

Psalms 59:5

Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

Psalms 75:8

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.

Psalms 78:8

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. that: Heb. that prepared not their heart

Psalms 81:15

The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. submitted: or, yielded feigned obedience: Heb. lied

Psalms 101:8

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

Psalms 144:7

Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; hand from: Heb. hands from

Isaiah

Isaiah 1:4

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. laden: Heb. of heaviness gone: Heb. alienated, or, separated

Isaiah 2:6

Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. from: or, more than the please: or, abound with the

Isaiah 14:20

Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

Isaiah 30:1

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

Isaiah 30:9

That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:

Isaiah 57:4

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

Isaiah 65:2

I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

New Testament

Matthew

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 12:34

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Matthew 12:39

But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

Matthew 12:45

Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world;1161 the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

Matthew 16:4

A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

Matthew 17:17

Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

Matthew 23:15

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Matthew 23:33

Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Matthew 25:26

His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

Matthew 25:30

And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

People in the Bible and titles and names of the wicked

Biblical figures whose stories intersect with this theme.

In the Bible dictionary

Studying titles and names of the wicked for yourself

  • Begin with Deuteronomy 1:35, then read the passages below in canonical order.
  • Compare how Psalms, Matthew and Isaiah each treat the theme.
  • Consider the lives of Jesus, Eli and Solomon and how their stories intersect with it.
  • Widen the study to related themes: Wicked, Psalms, Rebellion Against God and Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about titles and names of the wicked?

The Bible addresses titles and names of the wicked across 82 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Psalms, Matthew and Isaiah. Closely related themes include Wicked, Psalms, Rebellion Against God and Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Jesus, Eli, Solomon and Rehoboam.

How many Bible verses are about titles and names of the wicked?

The Bible references titles and names of the wicked in 82 verses (King James Version).

Where does the Bible first mention titles and names of the wicked?

In canonical order, the first of these passages is Deuteronomy 1:35: “Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,”

Which people in the Bible are associated with titles and names of the wicked?

Jesus, Eli, Solomon, Rehoboam and David.

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