And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.

Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.

I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.

For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.

And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:

Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.