What does god say about wickedness

Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders, and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.

We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

And the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come; it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations. For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.

When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel? And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.

Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years. And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image.

These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;.

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples.

So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Romans - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: Read More Romans - For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Psalms - A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. John - I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. God hates their ways Proverbs , their thoughts Proverbs , their worship Proverbs , their actions Proverbs , and their evil deeds Psalm Clearly, God hates the thoughts, deeds, and desires of evil people. But further, in some way he hates the evil people themselves.

His soul reacts to them with righteous revulsion as his arm extends toward them in holy fury. But who are the wicked? All of us. Why does God harbor such hatred toward wicked people? God hates the wicked because their wickedness is first a mark of the deepest rebellion against him and against his rule.

God created humanity to be perfect and sinless, to live in joyful submission to him, to offer him pure worship. But humanity rebelled and their disloyalty is displayed in acting contrary to God.

God hates those who express their hatred toward him. God also hates the wicked because their wickedness is expressed in ways that harm the people he has created in his image.

Because sinful people cannot storm the gates of heaven to dethrone and destroy God himself, they turn on what is dearest to him and nearest to his image.

And so they act out their wickedness against other people.