The best Bible verses for evil encouraging include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for evil encouraging, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’"Matthew 6:13
"When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall."Psalms 27:2
"Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody."Romans 12:17
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."Ephesians 6:12
"Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did."1 Corinthians 10:6
"Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults."1 Corinthians 14:20
"I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one."1 John 2:14
"Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous."1 John 3:12
"We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him."1 John 5:18
"We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one."1 John 5:19
"As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance."1 Peter 1:14
These are the passages people actually reach for — the ones quoted at services, written in cards, and remembered years after they were first heard. That is not an accident of marketing; verses become well known because they say something clearly and completely in a small space.
All 15 are here for that reason. Each carries its meaning on its own, without requiring the reader to have the surrounding chapter in mind.
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The most-cited Bible verses for evil encouraging are Matthew 6:13, Proverbs 3:7, Psalms 27:2. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to evil encouraging across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for evil encouraging, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.