KJV dictionary & concordance

wickedness

Meaning of “wickedness”

Moral evil, sin, iniquity, injustice, perversity, or corrupt intent or conduct.

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127 occurrences119 verses32 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 6:5

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1 Samuel 12:17

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Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 1 Samuel 12:17 · retained source text

Is it not wheat haruest to day? I will call vnto the LORD, and hee shall send thunder and raine, that ye may perceiue and see that your wickednesse is great, which ye haue done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a King.

1 Samuel 12:20

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¶ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart;

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 12:20 · retained source text

¶ And Samuel saide vnto the people, Feare not: (ye haue done al this wickednesse, yet turne not aside from following the LORD, but serue the LORD with all your heart:

1 Samuel 24:13

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As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 24:13 · retained source text

As saith the prouerbe of the ancients, Wickednesse proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be vpon thee.

1 Samuel 25:39

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¶ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 25:39 · retained source text

¶ And when Dauid heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproch from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his seruant from euil: for the LORD hath returned the wickednesse of Nabal vpon his owne head. And Dauid sent, and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

Complete reference index — all 119 verses

Genesis 6:5 Genesis 39:9 Leviticus 18:17 Leviticus 19:29 Leviticus 20:14 Deuteronomy 9:4 Deuteronomy 9:5 Deuteronomy 9:27 Deuteronomy 13:11 Deuteronomy 17:2 Deuteronomy 28:20 Judges 9:56 Judges 20:3 Judges 20:12 1 Samuel 12:17 1 Samuel 12:20 1 Samuel 24:13 1 Samuel 25:39 2 Samuel 3:39 2 Samuel 7:10 1 Kings 1:52 1 Kings 2:44 1 Kings 8:47 1 Kings 21:25 2 Kings 21:6 1 Chronicles 17:9 Job 4:8 Job 11:11 Job 11:14 Job 20:12 Job 22:5 Job 24:20 Job 27:4 Job 34:10 Job 35:8 Psalms 5:4 Psalms 5:9 Psalms 7:9 Psalms 10:15 Psalms 28:4 Psalms 45:7 Psalms 52:7 Psalms 55:11 Psalms 55:15 Psalms 58:2 Psalms 84:10 Psalms 89:22 Psalms 94:23 Psalms 107:34 Proverbs 4:17 Proverbs 8:7 Proverbs 10:2 Proverbs 11:5 Proverbs 12:3 Proverbs 13:6 Proverbs 14:32 Proverbs 16:12 Proverbs 21:12 Proverbs 26:26 Proverbs 30:20 Ecclesiastes 3:16 Ecclesiastes 7:15 Ecclesiastes 7:25 Ecclesiastes 8:8 Isaiah 9:18 Isaiah 47:10 Isaiah 58:4 Isaiah 58:6 Jeremiah 1:16 Jeremiah 2:19 Jeremiah 3:2 Jeremiah 4:14 Jeremiah 4:18 Jeremiah 6:7 Jeremiah 7:12 Jeremiah 8:6 Jeremiah 12:4 Jeremiah 14:16 Jeremiah 14:20 Jeremiah 22:22 Jeremiah 23:11 Jeremiah 23:14 Jeremiah 33:5 Jeremiah 44:3 Jeremiah 44:5 Jeremiah 44:9 Lamentations 1:22 Ezekiel 3:19 Ezekiel 5:6 Ezekiel 7:11 Ezekiel 16:23 Ezekiel 16:57 Ezekiel 18:20 Ezekiel 18:27 Ezekiel 31:11 Ezekiel 33:12 Ezekiel 33:19 Hosea 7:1 Hosea 7:2 Hosea 7:3 Hosea 9:15 Hosea 10:13 Hosea 10:15 Joel 3:13 Jonah 1:2 Micah 6:10 Nahum 3:19 Zechariah 5:8 Malachi 1:4 Malachi 3:15 Matthew 22:18 Mark 7:22 Luke 11:39 Acts 8:22 Acts 25:5 Romans 1:29 1 Corinthians 5:8 Ephesians 6:12 1 John 5:19

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Genesis 6:5 Psalm 5:4 Isaiah 58:4 Ezekiel 18:20 1 John 5:19 Psalms 5:4 Judges 9:56 1 Kings 2:44 Job 27:4 Psalms 55:15 Proverbs 13:6 Isaiah 9:18 Jeremiah 8:6 Lamentations 1:22 Hosea 7:1 Zechariah 5:8