The best Bible verses for evil for prayer include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for evil for prayer, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;"James 1:13
"When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;"James 1:13
"Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you."James 1:21
"This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil."John 3:19
"Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed."John 3:20
"“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me."Matthew 5:11
"Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one."Matthew 5:37
"But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also."Matthew 5:39
"that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."Matthew 5:45
"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
A verse used for evil for prayer works differently from one you read once. It gets returned to, repeated, and sat with — so it needs enough depth to reward a second and tenth reading, and enough clarity that you are not decoding it every time.
The 15 passages here hold up to repetition. Each is short enough to carry from memory and substantial enough that it does not wear out.
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The most-cited Bible verses for evil for prayer are James 1:13, James 1:14, James 1:21. 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 for prayer 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 for prayer, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.