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wickedness

Meaning of “wickedness”

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

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First occurrence: Genesis 6:5

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1 Kings 1:52
And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 1:52 · retained source text

And Solomon sayd, If hee will shewe himselfe a worthy man, there shall not an haire of him fall to the earth: but if wickednesse shall be found in him, he shall die.

1 Kings 2:44
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 2:44 · retained source text

The king said moreuer to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickednesse which thine heart is priuie to, that thou diddest to Dauid my father: therefore the LORD shall returne thy wickednesse vpon thine owne head.

1 Kings 8:47
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:47 · retained source text

Yet if they shall bethinke themselues, in the land whither they were caried captiues, and repent, and make supplication vnto thee in the land of them that caried them captiues, saying, Wee haue sinned, and haue done peruersly, we haue committed wickednes;

1611 marginal noteHeb. bring backe to their heart.

1 Kings 21:25
¶ But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 21:25 · retained source text

¶ But there was none like vnto Ahab, which did sell himselfe to worke wickednesse in the sight of the LORD, whom Iezebel his wife stirred vp.

1611 marginal noteOr, incited.

2 Kings 21:6
And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 21:6 · retained source text

And he made his sonne passe thorow the fire, and obserued times, and vsed enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits, and wizards: he wrought much wickednesse in the sight of the LORD, to prouoke him to anger.

1 Chronicles 17:9
Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 17:9 · retained source text

Also I will ordeine a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moued no more: neither shal the children of wickednesse waste them any more (as at the beginning,

Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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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
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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
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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
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1611 witness · Job 20:12 · retained source text

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

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