KJV dictionary & concordance

evil

Meaning of “evil”

Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

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613 occurrences569 verses60 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:9

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Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

2 word occurrences in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 3 John 1:11 · retained source text

Beloued, follow not that which is euill, but that which is good. He that doth good, is of God: but hee that doth euill, hath not seene God.

Complete reference index — all 569 verses

Genesis 2:9 Genesis 2:17 Genesis 3:5 Genesis 3:22 Genesis 6:5 Genesis 8:21 Genesis 19:19 Genesis 37:2 Genesis 37:20 Genesis 37:33 Genesis 44:4 Genesis 44:5 Genesis 44:34 Genesis 47:9 Genesis 48:16 Genesis 50:15 Genesis 50:17 Genesis 50:20 Exodus 5:19 Exodus 5:22 Exodus 5:23 Exodus 10:10 Exodus 23:2 Exodus 32:12 Exodus 32:14 Exodus 33:4 Leviticus 5:4 Leviticus 26:6 Numbers 13:32 Numbers 14:27 Numbers 14:35 Numbers 14:37 Numbers 20:5 Numbers 32:13 Deuteronomy 1:35 Deuteronomy 1:39 Deuteronomy 4:25 Deuteronomy 7:15 Deuteronomy 13:5 Deuteronomy 15:9 Deuteronomy 17:7 Deuteronomy 17:12 Deuteronomy 19:19 Deuteronomy 19:20 Deuteronomy 21:21 Deuteronomy 22:14 Deuteronomy 22:19 Deuteronomy 22:21 Deuteronomy 22:22 Deuteronomy 22:24 Deuteronomy 24:7 Deuteronomy 26:6 Deuteronomy 28:54 Deuteronomy 28:56 Deuteronomy 29:21 Deuteronomy 30:15 Deuteronomy 31:29 Joshua 23:15 Joshua 24:15 Judges 2:11 Judges 2:15 Judges 3:7 Judges 3:12 Judges 4:1 Judges 6:1 Judges 9:23 Judges 9:57 Judges 10:6 Judges 13:1 Judges 20:13 Judges 20:34 Judges 20:41 1 Samuel 2:23 1 Samuel 6:9 1 Samuel 12:19 1 Samuel 15:19 1 Samuel 16:14 1 Samuel 16:15 1 Samuel 16:16 1 Samuel 16:23 1 Samuel 18:10 1 Samuel 19:9 1 Samuel 20:7 1 Samuel 20:9 1 Samuel 20:13 1 Samuel 24:11 1 Samuel 24:17 1 Samuel 25:3 1 Samuel 25:17 1 Samuel 25:21 1 Samuel 25:26 1 Samuel 25:28 1 Samuel 25:39 1 Samuel 26:18 1 Samuel 29:6 2 Samuel 3:39 2 Samuel 12:9 2 Samuel 12:11 2 Samuel 13:16 2 Samuel 15:14 2 Samuel 17:14 2 Samuel 19:7 2 Samuel 19:35 2 Samuel 24:16 1 Kings 5:4 1 Kings 9:9 1 Kings 11:6 1 Kings 13:33 1 Kings 14:9 1 Kings 14:10 1 Kings 14:22 1 Kings 15:26 1 Kings 15:34 1 Kings 16:7 1 Kings 16:19 1 Kings 16:25 1 Kings 16:30 1 Kings 17:20 1 Kings 21:20 1 Kings 21:21 1 Kings 21:29 1 Kings 22:8 1 Kings 22:18 1 Kings 22:23 1 Kings 22:52 2 Kings 3:2 2 Kings 6:33 2 Kings 8:12 2 Kings 8:18 2 Kings 8:27 2 Kings 13:2 2 Kings 13:11 2 Kings 14:24 2 Kings 15:9 2 Kings 15:18 2 Kings 15:24 2 Kings 15:28 2 Kings 17:2 2 Kings 17:13 2 Kings 17:17 2 Kings 21:2 2 Kings 21:9 2 Kings 21:12 2 Kings 21:15 2 Kings 21:16 2 Kings 21:20 2 Kings 22:16 2 Kings 22:20 2 Kings 23:32 2 Kings 23:37 2 Kings 24:9 2 Kings 24:19 1 Chronicles 2:3 1 Chronicles 4:10 1 Chronicles 7:23 1 Chronicles 21:15 1 Chronicles 21:17 2 Chronicles 7:22 2 Chronicles 12:14 2 Chronicles 18:7 2 Chronicles 18:17 2 Chronicles 18:22 2 Chronicles 20:9 2 Chronicles 21:6 2 Chronicles 22:4 2 Chronicles 29:6 2 Chronicles 33:2 2 Chronicles 33:6 2 Chronicles 33:22 2 Chronicles 34:24 2 Chronicles 34:28 2 Chronicles 36:5 2 Chronicles 36:9 2 Chronicles 36:12 Ezra 9:13 Nehemiah 6:13 Nehemiah 9:28 Nehemiah 13:7 Nehemiah 13:17 Nehemiah 13:18 Nehemiah 13:27 Esther 7:7 Esther 8:6 Job 1:1 Job 1:8 Job 2:3 Job 2:10 Job 2:11 Job 5:19 Job 8:20 Job 24:21 Job 28:28 Job 30:26 Job 31:29 Job 35:12 Job 42:11 Psalms 5:4 Psalms 7:4 Psalms 10:15 Psalms 15:3 Psalms 21:11 Psalms 23:4 Psalms 26:5 Psalms 34:13 Psalms 34:14 Psalms 34:16 Psalms 34:21 Psalms 35:12 Psalms 36:4 Psalms 37:8 Psalms 37:19 Psalms 37:27 Psalms 38:20 Psalms 40:14 Psalms 41:5 Psalms 41:8 Psalms 49:5 Psalms 50:19 Psalms 51:4 Psalms 52:3 Psalms 54:5 Psalms 56:5 Psalms 64:5 Psalms 78:49 Psalms 90:15 Psalms 91:10 Psalms 97:10 Psalms 109:5 Psalms 109:20 Psalms 112:7 Psalms 119:101 Psalms 121:7 Psalms 140:1 Psalms 140:11 Psalms 141:4 Proverbs 1:16 Proverbs 1:33 Proverbs 2:12 Proverbs 2:14 Proverbs 3:7 Proverbs 3:29 Proverbs 4:14 Proverbs 4:27 Proverbs 5:14 Proverbs 6:24 Proverbs 8:13 Proverbs 11:19 Proverbs 12:12 Proverbs 12:20 Proverbs 12:21 Proverbs 13:19 Proverbs 13:21 Proverbs 14:16 Proverbs 14:19 Proverbs 14:22 Proverbs 15:3 Proverbs 15:15 Proverbs 15:28 Proverbs 16:4 Proverbs 16:6 Proverbs 16:17 Proverbs 16:27 Proverbs 16:30 Proverbs 17:11 Proverbs 17:13 Proverbs 19:23 Proverbs 20:8 Proverbs 20:22 Proverbs 20:30 Proverbs 21:10 Proverbs 22:3 Proverbs 23:6 Proverbs 24:1 Proverbs 24:8 Proverbs 24:19 Proverbs 24:20 Proverbs 27:12 Proverbs 28:5 Proverbs 28:10 Proverbs 28:22 Proverbs 29:6 Proverbs 30:32 Proverbs 31:12 Ecclesiastes 2:21 Ecclesiastes 4:3 Ecclesiastes 5:1 Ecclesiastes 5:13 Ecclesiastes 5:14 Ecclesiastes 5:16 Ecclesiastes 6:1 Ecclesiastes 6:2 Ecclesiastes 8:3 Ecclesiastes 8:5 Ecclesiastes 8:11 Ecclesiastes 8:12 Ecclesiastes 9:3 Ecclesiastes 9:12 Ecclesiastes 10:5 Ecclesiastes 11:2 Ecclesiastes 11:10 Ecclesiastes 12:1 Ecclesiastes 12:14 Isaiah 1:16 Isaiah 3:9 Isaiah 5:20 Isaiah 7:5 Isaiah 7:15 Isaiah 7:16 Isaiah 13:11 Isaiah 31:2 Isaiah 32:7 Isaiah 33:15 Isaiah 41:23 Isaiah 45:7 Isaiah 47:11 Isaiah 56:2 Isaiah 57:1 Isaiah 59:7 Isaiah 59:15 Isaiah 65:12 Isaiah 66:4 Jeremiah 1:14 Jeremiah 2:3 Jeremiah 2:19 Jeremiah 3:5 Jeremiah 3:17 Jeremiah 4:4 Jeremiah 4:6 Jeremiah 4:22 Jeremiah 5:12 Jeremiah 6:1 Jeremiah 6:19 Jeremiah 7:24 Jeremiah 7:30 Jeremiah 8:3 Jeremiah 9:3 Jeremiah 10:5 Jeremiah 11:8 Jeremiah 11:11 Jeremiah 11:15 Jeremiah 11:17 Jeremiah 11:23 Jeremiah 12:14 Jeremiah 13:10 Jeremiah 13:23 Jeremiah 15:11 Jeremiah 16:10 Jeremiah 16:12 Jeremiah 17:17 Jeremiah 17:18 Jeremiah 18:8 Jeremiah 18:10 Jeremiah 18:11 Jeremiah 18:12 Jeremiah 18:20 Jeremiah 19:3 Jeremiah 19:15 Jeremiah 21:10 Jeremiah 21:12 Jeremiah 23:2 Jeremiah 23:10 Jeremiah 23:12 Jeremiah 23:17 Jeremiah 23:22 Jeremiah 24:3 Jeremiah 24:8 Jeremiah 25:5 Jeremiah 25:29 Jeremiah 25:32 Jeremiah 26:3 Jeremiah 26:13 Jeremiah 26:19 Jeremiah 28:8 Jeremiah 29:11 Jeremiah 29:17 Jeremiah 32:23 Jeremiah 32:30 Jeremiah 32:32 Jeremiah 32:42 Jeremiah 35:15 Jeremiah 35:17 Jeremiah 36:3 Jeremiah 36:7 Jeremiah 36:31 Jeremiah 38:9 Jeremiah 39:16 Jeremiah 40:2 Jeremiah 41:11 Jeremiah 42:6 Jeremiah 42:10 Jeremiah 42:17 Jeremiah 44:2 Jeremiah 44:7 Jeremiah 44:11 Jeremiah 44:17 Jeremiah 44:22 Jeremiah 44:23 Jeremiah 44:27 Jeremiah 44:29 Jeremiah 45:5 Jeremiah 48:2 Jeremiah 49:23 Jeremiah 49:37 Jeremiah 51:24 Jeremiah 51:60 Jeremiah 51:64 Jeremiah 52:2 Lamentations 3:38 Ezekiel 5:16 Ezekiel 5:17 Ezekiel 6:10 Ezekiel 6:11 Ezekiel 7:5 Ezekiel 14:22 Ezekiel 33:11 Ezekiel 34:25 Ezekiel 36:31 Ezekiel 38:10 Daniel 9:12 Daniel 9:13 Daniel 9:14 Joel 2:13 Amos 3:6 Amos 5:13 Amos 5:14 Amos 5:15 Amos 6:3 Amos 9:4 Amos 9:10 Jonah 1:7 Jonah 1:8 Jonah 3:8 Jonah 3:10 Jonah 4:2 Micah 1:12 Micah 2:1 Micah 2:3 Micah 3:2 Micah 3:11 Micah 7:3 Nahum 1:11 Habakkuk 1:13 Habakkuk 2:9 Zephaniah 1:12 Zephaniah 3:15 Zechariah 1:4 Zechariah 7:10 Zechariah 8:17 Malachi 1:8 Malachi 2:17 Matthew 5:11 Matthew 5:37 Matthew 5:39 Matthew 5:45 Matthew 6:13 Matthew 6:23 Matthew 6:34 Matthew 7:11 Matthew 7:17 Matthew 7:18 Matthew 9:4 Matthew 12:34 Matthew 12:35 Matthew 12:39 Matthew 15:19 Matthew 20:15 Matthew 24:48 Matthew 27:23 Mark 3:4 Mark 7:21 Mark 7:22 Mark 7:23 Mark 9:39 Mark 15:14 Luke 6:9 Luke 6:22 Luke 6:35 Luke 6:45 Luke 7:21 Luke 8:2 Luke 11:4 Luke 11:13 Luke 11:29 Luke 11:34 Luke 16:25 Luke 23:22 John 3:19 John 3:20 John 5:29 John 7:7 John 17:15 John 18:23 Acts 7:6 Acts 7:19 Acts 9:13 Acts 14:2 Acts 19:9 Acts 19:12 Acts 19:13 Acts 19:15 Acts 19:16 Acts 23:5 Acts 23:9 Acts 24:20 Romans 1:30 Romans 2:9 Romans 3:8 Romans 7:19 Romans 7:21 Romans 9:11 Romans 12:9 Romans 12:17 Romans 12:21 Romans 13:3 Romans 13:4 Romans 14:16 Romans 14:20 Romans 16:19 1 Corinthians 10:6 1 Corinthians 10:30 1 Corinthians 13:5 1 Corinthians 15:33 2 Corinthians 6:8 2 Corinthians 13:7 Galatians 1:4 Ephesians 4:31 Ephesians 5:16 Ephesians 6:13 Philippians 3:2 Colossians 3:5 1 Thessalonians 5:15 1 Thessalonians 5:22 2 Thessalonians 3:3 1 Timothy 6:4 1 Timothy 6:10 2 Timothy 2:9 2 Timothy 3:13 2 Timothy 4:14 2 Timothy 4:18 Titus 1:12 Titus 2:8 Titus 3:2 Hebrews 3:12 Hebrews 5:14 Hebrews 10:22 James 1:13 James 2:4 James 3:8 James 3:16 James 4:11 James 4:16 1 Peter 2:1 1 Peter 3:9 1 Peter 3:10 1 Peter 3:11 1 Peter 3:12 1 Peter 3:16 1 Peter 3:17 1 Peter 4:4 1 Peter 4:14 2 Peter 2:2 2 Peter 2:10 2 Peter 2:12 1 John 3:12 2 John 1:11 3 John 1:11 Jude 1:8 Jude 1:10 Revelation 2:2

Where “evil” appears

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Genesis18 occurrences
18 verses Exodus8 occurrences
8 verses Leviticus2 occurrences
2 verses Numbers6 occurrences
6 verses Deuteronomy24 occurrences
23 verses Joshua2 occurrences
2 verses Judges14 occurrences
13 verses 1 Samuel24 occurrences
23 verses 2 Samuel9 occurrences
9 verses 1 Kings22 occurrences
21 verses 2 Kings27 occurrences
27 verses 1 Chronicles5 occurrences
5 verses 2 Chronicles17 occurrences
17 verses Ezra1 occurrence
1 verse Nehemiah6 occurrences
6 verses Esther2 occurrences
2 verses Job13 occurrences
13 verses Psalms40 occurrences
39 verses Proverbs50 occurrences
48 verses Ecclesiastes22 occurrences
19 verses Isaiah21 occurrences
19 verses Jeremiah99 occurrences
86 verses Lamentations1 occurrence
1 verse Ezekiel11 occurrences
10 verses Daniel3 occurrences
3 verses Joel1 occurrence
1 verse Amos7 occurrences
7 verses Jonah6 occurrences
5 verses Micah7 occurrences
6 verses Nahum1 occurrence
1 verse Habakkuk3 occurrences
2 verses Zephaniah2 occurrences
2 verses Zechariah4 occurrences
3 verses Malachi3 occurrences
2 verses Matthew20 occurrences
18 verses Mark6 occurrences
6 verses Luke14 occurrences
12 verses John7 occurrences
6 verses Acts12 occurrences
12 verses Romans17 occurrences
14 verses 1 Corinthians4 occurrences
4 verses 2 Corinthians2 occurrences
2 verses Galatians1 occurrence
1 verse Ephesians3 occurrences
3 verses Philippians1 occurrence
1 verse Colossians1 occurrence
1 verse 1 Thessalonians3 occurrences
2 verses 2 Thessalonians1 occurrence
1 verse 1 Timothy2 occurrences
2 verses 2 Timothy4 occurrences
4 verses Titus3 occurrences
3 verses Hebrews3 occurrences
3 verses James8 occurrences
6 verses 1 Peter10 occurrences
9 verses 2 Peter3 occurrences
3 verses 1 John1 occurrence
1 verse 2 John1 occurrence
1 verse 3 John2 occurrences
1 verse Jude2 occurrences
2 verses Revelation1 occurrence
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