The best Bible verses for evil (NIV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for evil (NIV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand."Ephesians 6:13
"Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand."Ephesians 6:13
"In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one."Ephesians 6:16
"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
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 (NIV) are Ephesians 6:13, Ephesians 6:16, James 1:13. 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 (NIV) 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 (NIV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.