Biblical Concept: Wickedness
Findings:
Post fall, pre-flood, angels infiltrated humanity: wickedness.
Wickedness, dispossess, relationship.
Divine judgement for wickedness relationship.
Wickedness lifestyle.
“Far be it from God to do wickedness”
NAS Psalm 5:4 For Thou art not a God who takes pleasure in
wickedness; No evil dwells with Thee.
Mouth, tongue, wickedness relationship.
Wickedness judgement relationship.
NAS Psalm 36:3-4 3
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to
do good. 4 He plans
wickedness upon his bed; He sets himself on a path that is not good; He does
not
despise evil.
“Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness”
NAS Psalm 66:18 If I regard wickedness in my heart, The Lord will
not hear;
Davidic Covenant against wickedness.
“He has brought back their wickedness upon them”
“the scepter of wickedness”
“wickedness is an abomination to my lips”
“Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool”
The right will always struggle against the wicked fool.
“the wicked will fall by his own wickedness”
Spiritual idealism: “A man will not be established by wickedness.”
“A man will not be established by wickedness”: do not be deceived by
timing.
“wickedness subverts the sinner”
“It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness”
Spiritual idealism: “His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.”
NAS Ecclesiastes 3:16 Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is
wickedness, and in the place of
righteousness there is wickedness.
Spiritual reality versus spiritual idealism.
Justice versus wickedness struggle.
Righteousness versus wickedness struggle.
“wickedness burns like a fire”
“a fool speaks nonsense, And his heart inclines toward wickedness”
“you felt secure in your wickedness and said, 'No one sees me,' Your wisdom
and your knowledge, they
have deluded you” (Babylon
context.)
“To loosen the bonds of wickedness”
“speaking wickedness”
“Your tongue mutters wickedness”
Wickedness, world religions, relationship.
“Your own wickedness will correct you”
“you have polluted a land with your harlotry and with your wickedness”
Harlotry, wickedness, relationship.
“They also excel in deeds of wickedness”
“she keeps fresh her wickedness”
“see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel”
“No man repented of his wickedness”
Mourning land and wickedness.
“I shall pour out their own wickedness
on them”
Wickedness, self-induced misery, relationship.
Ashamed, humiliated, wickedness, relationship.
Theological wickedness.
“I have hidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness”
Wickedness, polytheism, relationship.
Wickedness unto death.
Wickedness woe relationship.
Wickedness discipline.
Wickedness, despise, relationship.
“the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself”
Turn away: Wickedness recovery.
Wickedness recovery: “turns from his wickedness.”
"But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and practices justice
and righteousness, he will live by them.”
God: “I remember all their wickedness.”
“With their wickedness they make the king glad, And the princes with their
lies.”
Wickedness: discipline delay deception.
Wickedness nature.
Pharisees’ wickedness.
Wickedness judgement relationship.
NAS Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
but against the rulers, against the
powers, against the world forces
of this darkness, against the spiritual forces
of wickedness in the
heavenly places. (Angelic wickedness.) (Original wickedness.) (Wickedness
inspiration.) (Freewill
wickedness relationship.)
NAS 2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with all the deception of wickedness for
those who perish, because they
did not receive the love of the
truth so as to be saved. (“all the
deception of wickedness for those who
perish”)
Wickedness is a global plan.
“abstain from wickedness”
Resist wickedness.
Wickedness recovery: “word implanted.”
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NAS Genesis 6:5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was
great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only
evil continually. (Post fall, pre-flood, angels infiltrated humanity:
wickedness.)
NAS Deuteronomy 9:4 "Do not say in your heart when the LORD your
God has driven them out before you, 'Because of my righteousness the LORD has
brought me in to possess this land,' but it
is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you. (Wickedness, dispossess,
relationship.) (See Divine Regime Change.)
5 "It is not for
your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to
possess their land, but it is because
of the wickedness of these nations that the
LORD your God is driving them out before you, in order to confirm the oath which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob. (Wickedness, dispossess, relationship.)
27 'Remember Thy
servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this
people or at their wickedness or their sin.
NAS Judges 9:56 Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech,
which he had done to his father, in killing his seventy brothers. (Divine
judgement for wickedness relationship.)
57 Also God returned all
the wickedness of the men of Shechem on their heads, and the curse of Jotham
the son of Jerubbaal came upon them. (Divine judgement for wickedness
relationship.)
NAS Judges 20:3 (Now the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of
Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the sons of Israel said, "Tell us, how did this wickedness take
place?"
12 Then the tribes of
Israel sent men through the entire tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this
wickedness that has taken place among you?
13 "Now then,
deliver up the men, the worthless fellows in Gibeah, that we may put them to
death and remove this wickedness from
Israel." But the sons of Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their
brothers, the sons of Israel.
NAS 1 Samuel 12:17 "Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will
call to the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain. Then you will know and see
that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the LORD by
asking for yourselves a king." (Wickedness, Divine judgement,
relationship.)
NAS 1 Samuel 17:28 Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke
to the men; and Eliab's anger burned against David and he said, "Why have
you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I
know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in
order to see the battle."
NAS 1 Samuel 24:13 "As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out
of the wicked comes forth wickedness'; but my hand shall not be against you. (Wickedness
lifestyle.)
NAS 1 Kings 1:52 And Solomon said, "If he will be a worthy
man, not one of his hairs will fall to the ground; but if wickedness is found
in him, he will die." (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Job 11:14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents.
NAS Job 22:5 "Is not your wickedness great, And your
iniquities without end?
NAS Job 24:20 "A mother will forget him; The worm feeds
sweetly till he is remembered no more. And wickedness will be broken like a
tree.
NAS Job 34:10 "Therefore, listen to me, you men of
understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, And
from the Almighty to do wrong. (“Far be it from God to do wickedness”)
NAS Job 35:8 "Your wickedness is for a man like yourself,
And your righteousness is for a son of man.
NAS Psalm 5:4 For Thou art not a God who takes pleasure in
wickedness; No evil dwells with Thee. (All)
NAS Psalm 7:14 Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief, and brings forth falsehood. (Wickedness
lifestyle.)
NAS Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of curses and deceit and
oppression; Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness. (Mouth, tongue,
wickedness relationship.) (Wickedness lifestyle.)
15 Break the arm of the
wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until
Thou dost find none. (Wickedness judgement relationship.)
NAS Psalm 14:4 Do all the workers of wickedness not know, Who eat up my people as
they eat bread, And do not call
upon the Lord? (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased to be wise and to do
good. (Wickedness lifestyle.)
4 He plans wickedness
upon his bed; He sets himself on a path that is not good; He does not despise
evil. (All) (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Psalm 41:6 And when he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood; His heart gathers wickedness to itself;
When he goes outside, he tells it. (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Psalm 45:7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated
wickedness; Therefore God, Thy God, has anointed Thee With the oil of joy above
Thy fellows. (“Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness”)
NAS Psalm 53:4 Have the workers of wickedness no knowledge, Who eat up My people as
though they ate bread, And have not called upon God? (Wickedness
lifestyle.)
NAS Psalm 56:7 Because of wickedness, cast them forth, In anger put down the peoples, O God! (Wickedness judgement
relationship.)
NAS Psalm 66:18 If I regard wickedness in my heart, The Lord will
not hear; (All)
NAS Psalm 84:10 For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand
outside. I would rather stand at the
threshold of the house of my God, Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
(Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Psalm 89:22 "The enemy will not deceive him, Nor the son
of wickedness afflict him. (Davidic Covenant against wickedness.)
NAS Psalm 94:4 They pour forth words, they speak arrogantly; All who do wickedness vaunt
themselves. (Wickedness lifestyle.)
16 Who will stand up for
me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for me against those who do
wickedness?
23 And He has brought
back their wickedness upon them, And will destroy them
in their evil; The LORD our God will destroy them. (“He has brought back their
wickedness upon them”) (Wickedness judgement relationship.)
NAS Psalm 107:34 A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the
wickedness of those who dwell in it. (All) (Wickedness judgement relationship.)
NAS Psalm 119:150 Those who follow after wickedness draw near; They
are far from Thy law. (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Psalm 125:3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon
the land of the righteous; That the righteous may not put forth their hands to
do wrong. (“the scepter of wickedness”)
NAS Psalm 141:4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness With men who do iniquity;
And do not let me eat of their delicacies. (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Proverbs 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence. (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Proverbs 8:7 "For my mouth will utter truth; And
wickedness is an abomination to my lips. (“wickedness is an abomination to my
lips”)
NAS Proverbs 10:23 Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool; And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.
(“Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool”) (The right will always struggle
against the wicked fool.) (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Proverbs 11:5 The righteousness of the blameless will smooth
his way, But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness. (“the wicked will fall
by his own wickedness”) (Wickedness judgement relationship.)
NAS Proverbs 12:3 A man will not be established by wickedness, But
the root of the righteous will not be moved. (Spiritual idealism: “A man will
not be established by wickedness.”)
(Spiritual idealism is important.) (“A man will not be established by
wickedness”: do not be deceived by timing.)
NAS Proverbs 13:6 Righteousness guards the one whose way is
blameless, But wickedness subverts the sinner.
(“wickedness subverts the sinner”) (Wickedness judgement relationship.)
NAS Proverbs 16:12 It is an abomination for kings to commit
wickedness, For a throne is established on
righteousness. (“It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness”)
NAS Proverbs 26:26 Though his hatred
covers itself with guile, His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.
(Spiritual idealism: “His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly”)
NAS Ecclesiastes 3:16 Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is
wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness. (All) (Spiritual
reality.) (Spiritual reality versus spiritual idealism.) (Justice versus
wickedness struggle.) (Righteousness versus wickedness struggle.) (Note
Biblical Concept: Right and Wrong in a Nation.) (Note Biblical Concept: The Best Is Yet To Come
NAS Ecclesiastes 7:15 I have seen everything during my lifetime of
futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there
is a wicked man who prolongs his life in
his wickedness. (All) (Spiritual reality changes not the struggle against
wickedness.)
NAS Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness burns like a fire; It consumes
briars and thorns; It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame, And they roll upward in a column of smoke. (“wickedness
burns like a fire”)
NAS Isaiah 32:6 For a fool speaks nonsense, And
his heart inclines toward wickedness, To practice ungodliness and to speak
error against the LORD, To keep the hungry person unsatisfied And to withhold
drink from the thirsty. (“a fool speaks nonsense, And his heart inclines toward
wickedness”) (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Isaiah 47:10 "And you felt secure in your wickedness and
said, 'No one sees me,' Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you;
For you have said in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.' (“you
felt secure in your wickedness and said, 'No one sees me,' Your wisdom and your
knowledge, they have deluded you”) (Babylon context.) (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Isaiah 58:6 "Is this not the fast which I choose, To loosen the bonds of wickedness, To undo the bands of the
yoke, And to let the oppressed go free, And break every yoke? (“To loosen the
bonds of wickedness”)
9 "Then you will
call, and the LORD will answer; You will cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.' If
you remove the yoke from your midst, The pointing of
the finger, and speaking wickedness, (“speaking wickedness”)
NAS Isaiah 59:3 For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken
falsehood, Your tongue mutters wickedness. (“Your tongue mutters wickedness”)
NAS Jeremiah 1:16 "And I will pronounce My judgments on them
concerning all their wickedness, whereby they have forsaken Me and have offered
sacrifices to other gods, and worshiped the works of
their own hands. (Wickedness, world religions, relationship.)
NAS Jeremiah 2:19 "Your own wickedness will correct you, And your apostasies will reprove you; Know therefore and see
that it is evil and bitter For you to forsake the LORD your God, And the dread
of Me is not in you," declares the Lord God of hosts. (“Your own
wickedness will correct you”) (Wickedness judgement relationship.)
NAS Jeremiah 3:2 "Lift up your eyes to the bare heights and
see; Where have you not been violated? By the roads you have sat for them Like
an Arab in the desert, And you have polluted a land
With your harlotry and with your wickedness. (“you have polluted a land With your harlotry and with your wickedness”) (Harlotry,
wickedness, relationship.)
NAS Jeremiah 4:15 For a voice declares from Dan,
And proclaims wickedness from Mount Ephraim.
NAS Jeremiah 5:28 'They are fat, they are sleek, They
also excel in deeds of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of
the orphan, that they may prosper; And they do not defend the rights of the
poor. (“They also excel in deeds of wickedness”) (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Jeremiah 6:7 "As a well keeps its waters fresh, So she keeps fresh her wickedness. Violence and destruction
are heard in her; Sickness and wounds are ever before Me. (“she keeps fresh her
wickedness”) (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Jeremiah 7:12 "But go now to My place which was in Shiloh,
where I made My name dwell at the first, and see what I did to it because of
the wickedness of My people Israel. (“see what I did to it because of the
wickedness of My people Israel”) (Wickedness judgement relationship.)
NAS Jeremiah 8:6 "I have listened and heard, They have spoken what is not right; No man repented of his
wickedness, Saying, 'What have I done?' Everyone turned to his course, Like a
horse charging into the battle. (“No man repented of his wickedness”)
(Wickedness judgement relationship.)
NAS Jeremiah 12:4 How long is the land to mourn And
the vegetation of the countryside to wither? For the wickedness of those who
dwell in it, Animals and birds have been snatched away, Because
men have said, "He will not see
our latter ending." (Mourning land and wickedness.)
NAS Jeremiah 14:16 "The people also to whom they are
prophesying will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the
famine and the sword; and there will be no one to bury them-- neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters-- for I shall
pour out their own wickedness on
them. (“I shall pour out their own wickedness
on them”) (Wickedness, self-induced misery, relationship.)
20 We know our
wickedness, O LORD, The iniquity of our fathers, for
we have sinned against Thee.
NAS Jeremiah 22:22 "The wind will sweep away all your
shepherds, And your lovers will go into captivity;
Then you will surely be ashamed and humiliated Because of all your wickedness.
(Ashamed, humiliated, wickedness, relationship.) (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Jeremiah 23:11 "For both prophet and priest are polluted;
Even in My house I have found their wickedness," declares the LORD.
(Theological wickedness.)
14 "Also among the
prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: The committing of adultery
and walking in falsehood; And they strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one has turned back from his wickedness. All of
them have become to Me like Sodom, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
(Theological wickedness.)
NAS Jeremiah 33:5 'While they
are coming to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the corpses
of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My wrath, and I have hidden My face
from this city because of all their wickedness: (“I have hidden My face from this
city because of all their wickedness”)
NAS Jeremiah 44:3 because of their wickedness which they committed
so as to provoke Me to anger by continuing to burn sacrifices and to serve other gods whom they had
not known, neither they, you, nor
your fathers. (Wickedness, polytheism, relationship.) (Theological wickedness.)
5 'But they did not
listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn
sacrifices to other gods. (Wickedness, polytheism, relationship.) (Theological
wickedness.)
9 "Have you
forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah,
and the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of
your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of
Jerusalem? (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Lamentations 1:22 "Let all their wickedness come before Thee;
And deal with them as Thou hast dealt with me For all
my transgressions; For my groans are many, and my heart is faint."
NAS Ezekiel 3:19 "Yet if you have warned the wicked, and he
does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his
iniquity; but you have delivered yourself. (Wickedness unto death.)
NAS Ezekiel 7:11 'Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness.
None of them shall remain, none of
their multitude, none of their wealth, nor anything eminent among them.
(Wickedness judgement relationship.)
NAS Ezekiel 16:23 "Then it came about after all your
wickedness ('Woe, woe to you!' declares the Lord God), (Wickedness woe
relationship.)
57 before your wickedness
was uncovered, so now you have become the reproach of the daughters of Edom,
and of all who are around her, of the daughters of the Philistines-- those
surrounding you who despise you.
(Wickedness, despise, relationship.)
NAS Ezekiel 18:20 "The person who sins will die. The son will
not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity, nor will the father bear the
punishment for the son's iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be
upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself. (“the
wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself”)
27 "Again, when a
wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and practices
justice and righteousness, he will save his life. (Turn away: Wickedness
recovery.)
NAS Ezekiel 31:11 therefore, I will give it into the hand of a
despot of the nations; he will thoroughly deal with it. According to its
wickedness I have driven it away. (Wickedness discipline.)
NAS Ezekiel 33:12 "And you, son of man, say to your fellow
citizens, 'The righteousness of a righteous man will not deliver him in the day
of his transgression, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not
stumble because of it in the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a
righteous man will not be able to live by his righteousness on the day when he
commits sin.' (Wickedness recovery: “turns from his wickedness.”)
19 "But when the
wicked turns from his wickedness and practices justice and righteousness, he will
live by them. (All)
NAS Hosea 7:2 And they do not consider in their hearts That I
remember all their wickedness. Now their deeds are all around them; They are
before My face. (God: “I remember all their wickedness.”)
3 With their wickedness
they make the king glad, And the princes with their lies. (All) (Wickedness
lifestyle.)
NAS Hosea 9:15 All their evil is at Gilgal; Indeed, I came to
hate them there! Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out
of My house! I will love them no more; All their princes are rebels.
(Wickedness lifestyle.) (Wickedness discipline.)
NAS Hosea 10:13 You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped
injustice, You have eaten the fruit of lies. Because
you have trusted in your way, in your numerous warriors, (Wickedness
lifestyle.)
15 Thus it will be done
to you at Bethel because of your great wickedness. At dawn the king of Israel
will be completely cut off. (Wickedness lifestyle.) (Wickedness discipline.)
NAS Joel 3:13 Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come,
tread, for the wine press is full; The vats overflow, for their wickedness is
great. (Wickedness lifestyle.) (Wickedness discipline.)
NAS Jonah 1:2 "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city, and
cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me." (Wickedness
lifestyle.) (Wickedness discipline.)
NAS Micah 6:10 "Is there yet a man in the wicked house, Along with treasures of wickedness, And a
short measure that is cursed?
(Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Habakkuk 1:3 Why dost Thou make me see iniquity, And cause me to
look on wickedness? Yes, destruction and violence are before me; Strife exists
and contention arises. (Wickedness lifestyle.)
13 Thine eyes are too pure to approve evil, And Thou canst not look on
wickedness with favor. Why dost Thou
look with favor On those who deal treacherously? Why
art Thou silent when the wicked swallow up Those more righteous than they?
(Wickedness: discipline delay deception.)
NAS Zechariah 5:8 Then he said, "This is Wickedness!" And
he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and cast the lead weight on its
opening.
NAS Malachi 3:15 'So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only
are the doers of wickedness built up, but they also test God and escape.'"
(Context: Malachi
3:14-18 14 "You have said, 'It is
vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that
we have walked in mourning before the LORD of hosts? 15 'So now we call the arrogant
blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up, but they also test God
and escape.'" 16 Then
those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD gave attention and
heard it, and a book of remembrance
was written before Him for those who fear the LORD and who esteem His
name. 17 "And they will
be Mine," says the LORD of hosts, "on the day that I prepare My own possession, and I will spare them
as a man spares his own son who serves him." 18 So you will again distinguish
between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who
does not serve Him.) (Wickedness:
discipline delay deception.)
NAS Mark 7:22 deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit,
sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness.
(Wickedness nature.) (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS Luke 11:39 But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees
clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are
full of robbery and wickedness. (Pharisees’ wickedness.)
NAS Acts 1:18 (Now this man acquired a field with the price of
his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his
bowels gushed out. [(Wickedness judgement relationship.)]
NAS Acts 8:22 "Therefore repent of this wickedness of
yours, and pray the Lord that if possible, the intention of your heart may be
forgiven you. (Wickedness judgement relationship.)
NAS Romans 1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness,
wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, (Wickedness nature.) (Wickedness
lifestyle.)
NAS 1 Corinthians 5:8 Let us therefore celebrate the feast, not with
old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the
unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
NAS Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this
darkness, against the spiritual forces of
wickedness in the heavenly places.
(Angelic wickedness.) (Original wickedness.) (Wickedness inspiration.)
(Freewill wickedness relationship.)
NAS 2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with all the deception of wickedness for
those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to
be saved. (“all the deception of
wickedness for those who perish”)
12 in order that they all
may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took
pleasure in wickedness. (Context: 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12 7 For the mystery of
lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. 8 And then that lawless one will
be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath
of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; 9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of
Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, 10 and with all the deception of
wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the
truth so as to be saved. 11
And for this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they
might believe what is false, 12 in order that they all may be judged
who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in
wickedness.) (Wickedness is a global plan.) (Wickedness
nature.) (Wickedness lifestyle.)
NAS 2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands,
having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let
everyone who names the name of the Lord abstain from wickedness." (“abstain
from wickedness”) (Resist wickedness.)
NAS James 1:21 Therefore putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in
humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. (Resist
wickedness.) (Wickedness recovery: “word implanted.”)