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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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Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 4:8 · retained source text

Euen as I haue seene, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickednsse, reape the same.

1611 marginal noteProu. 22.8 ose 10.13.

Job 11:11
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 11:11 · retained source text

For, he knoweth vaine men: hee seeth wickednesse also, will he not then consider it?

Job 11:14
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 11:14 · retained source text

If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let not wickednes dwell in thy tabernacles.

Job 20:12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 20:12 · retained source text

Though wickednes be sweet in his mouth, though hee hide it vnder his tongue;

Job 22:5
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 22:5 · retained source text

Is not thy wickednesse great? and thine iniquities infinite?

Job 24:20
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 24:20 · retained source text

The wombe shall forget him, the worme shall feed sweetly on him, hee shall be no more remembred, and wickednes shalbe broken as a tree.

Job 34:10
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 34:10 · retained source text

Therefore hearken vnto me, ye men of vnderstanding: farre bee it from God, that he should doe wickednes, and from the Almighty, that hee should commit iniquitie.

1611 marginal noteHebr. men of heart.

1611 marginal noteExod. 32.4. iob 8.3. and 36.23. psal. 92.15. rom 9.14.

Job 35:8
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
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1611 witness · Job 35:8 · retained source text

Thy wickednesse may hurt a man as thou art, and thy righteousnesse may profit the sonne of man.

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