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Biblical examples of evil are many and varied.

Evil disasters sent by God in judgment

Genesis 7:20; Genesis 19:24

The ten plagues of Egypt:

Exodus 7:20; Exodus 8:6,17,24; Exodus 9:6,10,23; Exodus 10:13,22; Exodus 12:29 Numbers 16:21-22; 1 Samuel 5:6; 2 Samuel 24:15; 1 Kings 17:1

Other disasters

Genesis 12:10; Genesis 26:1; Genesis 41:54; Amos 1:1; Luke 13:4; Acts 11:28

National evil

Israel guilty of evil

Exodus 32:7; Numbers 14:11; Deuteronomy 32:5; Judges 2:11-15; Judges 3:7; Judges 4:1; Judges 6:1; Judges 10:6; Judges 13:1; Nehemiah 9:28; Isaiah 65:12; Amos 2:4-8

Threats to Israel from other nations

Judges 6:1; 1 Samuel 7:7; 2 Chronicles 20:10-11

Judgment on other nations

1 Samuel 15:2; Isaiah 14:29-30; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 19:1; Jeremiah 46:10,25-26; Jeremiah 47:4; Jeremiah 48:1; Jeremiah 49:1-2,7-8,35-38; Jeremiah 50:1-2; Amos 1:11,13; Amos 2:1

Evil rulers

Of Israel

1 Kings 12:31; Kings 15:25-26,33-34; Kings 16:12-13,18-19,30; Kings 21:25; Kings 22:51-52; 2 Kings 10:31; Kings 13:1-2,10-11; Kings 14:23-24; Kings 15:8-9,17-18,24,27-28; Kings 17:1-2

Of Judah

1 Kings 11:4; Kings 15:1-3; 2 Kings 8:16-18,26-27; Kings 11:1; Kings 16:2; Kings 21:1-2,9,19-20; Kings 23:31-32,36-37; Kings 24:8-9,18-19; 2 Chronicles 12:13-14

Of other nations

Exodus 5:2; Numbers 21:23; Judges 4:1-3; 2 Kings 18:13; Isaiah 14:3-6,13-14; Daniel 4:31; Daniel 5:22

Evil religious leaders

1 Samuel 2:12; 1 Kings 18:19; Jeremiah 23:11; Ezekiel 13:4; Ezekiel 34:2; Hosea 5:1; Micah 2:6; Zephaniah 3:4; Matthew 23:15; Revelation 2:14,20

Opponents of Jesus Christ

Matthew 2:16; Matthew 12:14 pp Mark 3:6; Luke 4:28; John 5:18; John 7:12,32; John 8:59; John 10:20,31; John 19:6

Opponents of the church

Acts 4:3; Acts 5:18; Acts 6:9; Acts 8:1-3; Acts 12:1; Acts 13:8,50; Acts 14:5,19; Acts 16:19; Acts 17:5,13; Acts 18:12; Acts 19:29; Acts 20:3; Acts 21:27; Acts 23:12

Evil influences

Numbers 25:1; Numbers 31:16; Deuteronomy 18:9; Hosea 7:9; 1 Corinthians 5:6; Corinthians 8:10; 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Peter 2:18; 1 John 2:26

See also

4815  drought
4822  famine
4957  night
5368  kingship
6169  godlessness
7227  flood, the
8751  false witness
8776  lies
8785  opposition
8794  persecution
8802  pride