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
Deuteronomy
Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; the children: or, naughty men
They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. They have: Heb. He hath corrupted to himself their: or, that they are not his children, that is their blot
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
1 Samuel
The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
Job
Psalms
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
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
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: Gather: or, Take not away bloody: Heb. men of blood
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.
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
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
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.
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
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.
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.
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
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
I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
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
Proverbs
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. the beginning: or, the principal part
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Isaiah
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
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
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.
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:
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
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,
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;
Jeremiah
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
Ezekiel
For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. impudent: Heb. hard of face
And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
New Testament
Matthew
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?
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
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:
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.
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;
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.
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.
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.
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
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:
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mark
Acts
Romans
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. from: Gr. to righteousness
That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: fitted: or, made up
2 Corinthians
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.2228 Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
Ephesians
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. desires: Gr. wills
Philippians
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; harmless: or, sincere ye shine: or, shine ye
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
Colossians
2 Timothy
2 Peter
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: adultery: Gr. an adulteress
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome of the same is he brought in bondage.
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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