The best Bible verses for evil (NASB) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for evil (NASB), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"'This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil."John 3:19
"'This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil."John 3:19
"'For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed."John 3:20
"'Blessed are you when [people] insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me."Matthew 5:11
"'But let your statement be, 'Yes, yes ' [or] 'No, no'; anything beyond these is of evil."Matthew 5:37
"'But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also."Matthew 5:39
"so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on [the] evil and [the] good, and sends rain on [the] righteous and [the] unrighteous."Matthew 5:45
"'And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen].'"Matthew 6:13
"When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell."Psalms 27:2
"Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men."Romans 12:17
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual [forces] of wickedness in the heavenly [places]."Ephesians 6:12
"Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved."1 Corinthians 10:6
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for evil (NASB) are John 3:19, John 3:20, Matthew 5:11. 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 (NASB) 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 (NASB), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.