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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 22:5
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
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.

Psalms 5:4
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 5:4 · retained source text

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickednesse: neither shall euill dwell with thee.

Psalms 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 5:9 · retained source text

For there is no faithfulnes in their mouth, their inward part is very wickednesse: their throat is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue.

1611 marginal noteOr stedfastnesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in his mouth .i. in the mouth of any of them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wickednesse.

1611 marginal noteRom.3.13.

Psalms 7:9
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 7:9 · retained source text

Oh let the wickednes of the wicked come to an end, but establish the iust: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reines.

1611 marginal note1.Sam.16.7. 1.Chr.28.9. psal.139.1. Ierem.11.20 and 17.10. and 10.12.

Psalms 10:15
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 10:15 · retained source text

Breake thou the arme of the wicked, and the euill man: seeke out his wickednes, till thou finde none.

Psalms 28:4
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
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1611 witness · Psalms 28:4 · retained source text

Giue them according to their deedes, and according to the wickednes of their endeuours: giue them after the worke of their handes, render to them their desert.

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