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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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Ezekiel 16:23
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord God;)
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:23 · retained source text

And it came to passe after all thy wickednesse (woe, woe vnto thee, saith the LORD God.)

Ezekiel 16:57
Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:57 · retained source text

Before thy wickednesse was discouered, as at the time of thy reproch of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines which despise thee round about.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Aram.

1611 marginal noteOr spoile.

Ezekiel 18:20
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 18:20 · retained source text

The soule that sinneth, it shal die: the sonne shall not beare the iniquitie of the father, neither shal the father beare the iniquitie of the sonne; the righteousnesse of the righteous shall bee vpon him, and the wickednesse of the wicked shalbe vpon him.

Ezekiel 18:27
Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 18:27 · retained source text

Againe, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickednesse that he hath committed, and doth that which is lawfull and right, he shall saue his soule aliue.

Ezekiel 31:11
I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 31:11 · retained source text

I haue therefore deliuered him into the hand of the mightie one of the heathen: hee shall surely deale with him, I haue driuen him out for his wickednesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in doing hee shall doe vnto him.

Ezekiel 33:12
Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 33:12 · retained source text

Therefore thou sonne of man, say vnto the children of thy people, The righteousnes of the righteous shal not deliuer him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickednes of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that hee turneth from his wickednes, neither shall the righteous bee able to liue for his righteousnes in the day that he sinneth.

1611 marginal noteChap. 18.24.

Ezekiel 33:19
But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 33:19 · retained source text

But if the wicked turne from his wickednes, and doe that which is lawfull and right, he shall liue thereby.

Hosea 7:1
WHEN I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hosea 7:1 · retained source text

¶ When I would haue healed Israel, then the iniquitie of Ephraim was discouered, and the wickednesse of Samaria: for they commit falsehood: and the thiefe commeth in, and the troupe of robbers spoileth without.

1611 marginal noteHebr. euils.

1611 marginal noteHebr. strippeth.

Hosea 7:2
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hosea 7:2 · retained source text

And they consider not in their hearts that I remember al their wickednesse: now their owne doings haue beset them about, they are before my face.

1611 marginal noteHebr. say not to.

Hosea 7:3
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
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1611 witness · Hosea 7:3 · retained source text

They make the king glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lies.

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