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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 2:9

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James 1:13
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 1:13 · retained source text

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with euill, neither tempteth he any man.

1611 marginal noteOr, euils.

James 2:4
Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 2:4 · retained source text

Are yee not then partiall in your selues, and are become iudges of euill thoughts?

James 3:8
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 3:8 · retained source text

But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euill, ful of deadly poyson.

James 3:16
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 3:16 · retained source text

For where enuying and strife is, there is confusion, and euery euill worke.

1611 marginal noteGr. tumult or vnquietnesse.

James 4:11
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 4:11 · retained source text

Speake not euill one of another (brethren:) he that speaketh euill of his brother, and iudgeth his brother, speaketh euill of the Law, and iudgeth the Law: but if thou iudge the Law, thou art not a doer of the Law, but a iudge.

James 4:16
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 4:16 · retained source text

But now yee reioyce in your boastings: all such reioycing is euill.

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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
1 verse

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