Although Scripture does not reveal the ultimate origin of evil, it identifies a number of intermediate sources.

Genesis 3:1

Satan as a source of evil

Matthew 4:1

Identified later (Rev 12:9) with Satan

John 8:44

pp Mk 1:13

1 John 3:8

pp Lk 4:2

Revelation 12:9

See also

1 Chronicles 21:1
Job 1:11; 2:5
Matthew 5:37; 6:13; 13:38-39

Satan incites David to take a census of Israel

Luke 13:16

the parable of the weeds

John 13:2

Satan is responsible for a woman's crippling disease

John 17:15
Acts 5:3

The devil prompts Judas to betray Jesus Christ

2 Corinthians 4:4; 12:7

Ananias lies to the Holy Spirit at Satan's instigation

Ephesians 2:2; 6:11
1 Thessalonians 2:18-

Paul's thorn in the flesh from Satan

1 Peter 5:8
1 John 3:12; 5:19
Revelation 2:10; 20:2
Luke 9:39

Other evil powers

Ephesians 6:12
1 Timothy 4:1

pp Mk 9:17-18

See also

Judges 9:23
1 Samuel 16:14; 18:10-11; 19:9-10
Matthew 12:45
Revelation 12:7; 16:13-14

pp Lk 11:26

Genesis 6:5

Fallen human nature as a source of evil

Matthew 15:19
James 1:13-14

See also

pp Mk 7:21-22

Genesis 8:21
Proverbs 6:18
Ecclesiastes 8:11; 9:3
Isaiah 59:7
Jeremiah 4:14; 17:9; 18:12
Matthew 23:25

The hypocrisy of the Pharisees and teachers of the law:

Matthew 23:27-28
Romans 1:24; 7:14-23

pp Lk 11:39

1 Timothy 6:10
James 3:6

the love of money a root of evil

James 4:1

The tongue is a source of evil

Genesis 3:17

Physical evil is a consequence of moral evil

Romans 5:12

See also

Deuteronomy 28:20-24,58-59
Psalms 90:8-9
Proverbs 14:30
Malachi 4:6
Romans 6:23; 8:19-21
Revelation 16:1,5-6

See also

4120 Satan
4120 Satan
4130 demons
5034 likeness
5560 suffering
6020 sin
6155 fall of Adam & Eve
6166 flesh, sinful nature
6187 immorality
6203 mortality