Character of the Wicked
90 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
63 sections
- Abominable
- Alienated from God
- Blasphemous
- Blinded
- Boastful
- Conspiring Against God's People
- Conspiring Against Saints
- Corrupt
- Covetous
- Deceitful
- Delighting in the Iniquity of Others
- Despising Saints
- Despising the Works of the Faithful
- Destructive
- Disobedient
- Enticing to Evil
- Envious
- Evildoers
- Fearful
- Fierce
- Foolish
- Forgetting God
- Fraudulent
- Froward
- Glorying in Their Shame
- Hard-Hearted
- Hating the Light
- Heady and High-Minded
- Hostile to God
- Hypocritical
- Ignorant of God
- Impudent
- Incontinent
- Infidel
- Loathsome
- Lovers of Pleasure More than of God
- Lovers of Pleasure, not of God
- Lying
- Mischievous
- Murderous
- Persecuting
- Perverse
- Prayerless
- Proud
- Rebellious
- Rejoicing in the Affliction of Saints
- Reprobate
- Selfish
- Sensual
- Sold Under Sin
- Stiff-Hearted
- Stiff-Necked
- Uncircumcised in Heart
- Unclean
- Ungodly
- Unholy
- Unjust
- Unmerciful
- Unprofitable
- Unruly
- Unthankful
- Untoward
- Unwise
Abominable
- Revelation 21:8 But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
Alienated from God
- Ephesians 4:18 They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
- Colossians 1:21 Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
Blasphemous
- Luke 22:65 And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.
- Revelation 16:9 And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
Blinded
- 2 Corinthians 4:4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
- Ephesians 4:18 They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
Boastful
- Psalm 10:3 For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
- Psalm 49:6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
Conspiring Against God's People
- Nehemiah 4:8 and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance.
- Nehemiah 6:2 Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.
- Psalm 38:12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
Conspiring Against Saints
- Nehemiah 4:8 and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance.
- Nehemiah 6:2 Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.
- Psalm 38:12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
Corrupt
- Matthew 7:17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
- Ephesians 4:22 to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
Covetous
- Micah 2:2 They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
- Romans 1:29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
Deceitful
- Psalm 5:6 You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
- Romans 3:13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
Delighting in the Iniquity of Others
- Proverbs 2:14 from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
- Romans 1:32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
Despising Saints
- Nehemiah 2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
- Nehemiah 4:2 before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back …
- 2 Timothy 3:3–4 unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, …
Despising the Works of the Faithful
- Nehemiah 2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
- Nehemiah 4:2 before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back …
- 2 Timothy 3:3–4 unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, …
Destructive
- Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
Disobedient
- Nehemiah 9:26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
- Titus 3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures — living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- 1 Peter 2:7 To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
Enticing to Evil
- Proverbs 1:10–14 My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them. …
- 2 Timothy 3:6 They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
Envious
- Nehemiah 2:10 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
- Titus 3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures — living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Evildoers
- Jeremiah 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good — you who are accustomed to doing evil.
- Micah 7:3 Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
Fearful
- Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- Revelation 21:8 But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
Fierce
- Proverbs 16:29 A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
- 2 Timothy 3:3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
Foolish
- Deuteronomy 32:6 Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?
- Psalm 5:5 The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
Forgetting God
- Job 8:13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
Fraudulent
- Psalm 37:21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
- Micah 6:11 Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
Froward
- Proverbs 21:8 The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
- Isaiah 57:17 I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.
Glorying in Their Shame
- Philippians 3:19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
Hard-Hearted
- Ezekiel 3:7 But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.
Hating the Light
Heady and High-Minded
- 2 Timothy 3:4 traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Hostile to God
- Romans 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
- Colossians 1:21 Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
Hypocritical
- Isaiah 29:13 Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
- 2 Timothy 3:5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
Ignorant of God
- Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8 in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Impudent
- Ezekiel 2:4 They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’
Incontinent
- 2 Timothy 3:3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
Infidel
- Psalm 10:4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
- Psalm 14:1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
Loathsome
- Proverbs 13:5 The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
Lovers of Pleasure More than of God
- 2 Timothy 3:4 traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Lovers of Pleasure, not of God
- 2 Timothy 3:4 traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Lying
- Psalm 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- Psalm 62:4 They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
- Isaiah 59:4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Mischievous
- Proverbs 24:8 He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
- Micah 7:3 Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
Murderous
- Psalm 10:8 He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
- Psalm 94:6 They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
- Romans 1:29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
Persecuting
- Psalm 69:26 For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
- Psalm 109:16 For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
Perverse
- Deuteronomy 32:5 His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the blemish on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.
Prayerless
- Job 21:15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
- Psalm 53:4 Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
Proud
- Psalm 59:12 By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
- Obadiah 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
- 2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Rebellious
- Isaiah 1:2 Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
- Isaiah 30:9 These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
Rejoicing in the Affliction of Saints
- Psalm 35:15 But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
Reprobate
- 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you — unless you fail the test?
- 2 Timothy 3:8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
- Titus 1:16 They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
Selfish
- 2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Sensual
- Philippians 3:19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
- Jude 19 These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.
Sold Under Sin
- 1 Kings 21:20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 17:17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
Stiff-Hearted
- Ezekiel 2:4 They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’
Stiff-Necked
- Exodus 33:5 For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
- Acts 7:51 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
Uncircumcised in Heart
- Jeremiah 9:26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
- Acts 7:51 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
Unclean
- Isaiah 64:6 Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
- Ephesians 4:19 Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.
Ungodly
- Proverbs 16:27 A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
Unholy
- 2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Unjust
- Proverbs 11:7 When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.
- Isaiah 26:18 We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.
Unmerciful
- Romans 1:31 They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
Unprofitable
- Matthew 25:30 And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
- Romans 3:12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
Unruly
- Titus 1:10 For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
Unthankful
- Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
- 2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Untoward
- Acts 2:40 With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
Unwise
- Deuteronomy 32:6 Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?
Related topics
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.