International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Evil ThingEVIL THING
(to kakon, plural in Luke 16:25):
An evil thing or evil things may be the thoughts of evil men, their plans or their deeds; or the things men suffer for their own wrongs; or the evils consequent upon the errors of others. In the dark picture of fallen men in Romans 1:30, "inventors of evil things" appear. "The evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil (poneros) things" (Matthew 12:35). Men should not lust after evil (kakos) things (1 Corinthians 10:6). This fixing the mind upon, with desire, leads to increased wrong. "The mouth of the wicked poureth out evil (ra') things" (Proverbs 15:28). The rich man had good things in his life, but did not use them to the glory of God or the good of men. The poor man had evil things: sickness, nakedness, hunger. The scene changes after death (Luke 16:25).
David Roberts Dungan
Greek
4487. rhema -- a word, by impl. a matter ... 1), say say (1), saying (1), sayings (3), statement (6),
thing (2), things (4
... command
or dispute); with a negative naught whatever -- +
evil, + nothing, saying
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4487.htm - 8kStrong's Hebrew
7451. ra' -- bad, evil... or (as noun)
evil (natural or moral) -- adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, +
displease(-ure), distress,
evil((- favouredness), man,
thing), + exceedingly, X
... /hebrew/7451.htm - 6k 1697. dabar -- speech, word
... eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment,
language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought ...
/hebrew/1697.htm - 8k
Library
The Second Passage. Who May be Said to Abstain from Every Evil ...
... fellow-bishops Eutropius and Paulus. Chapter XII."(29.) The Second Passage.
Who May Be Said to Abstain from Every Evil Thing. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter xii 29 the second passage.htm
The Cure of Simon's Wife's Mother.
... He has judged the evil thing, and it is gone. He has saved her out of her distresses.
They fold away from off her like the cerements of death. ...
/.../macdonald/miracles of our lord/iii the cure of simons.htm
Sins May be Divided into Corporeal and Spiritual Both Equally ...
... For if you eagerly desired a good thing, you would have been anxious to carry it
through; in like manner, as you do not carry an evil thing through, you ought ...
/.../tertullian/on repentance/chapter iii sins may be divided.htm
Moreover, it is a Righteous Thing to Give to the Needy of Thy ...
... it is a pleasant thing to have many years wherein one can delight himself continually,
and that death is a terror and an endless evil, and a thing that brings ...
/.../a metaphrase of the book of ecclesiastes/chapter xi moreover it is.htm
The Attractive Power of God
... Thus we are drawn by the Sacred Trinity with the cords of Power, Wisdom and Love,
when we are drawn from an evil thing to a good thing, and from a good thing ...
/.../eckhart/meister eckharts sermons/i the attractive power of.htm
Some Helpful Thoughts on Consecration
... Everything that is in the least degree contrary to the pure word of God, whether
it be word or deed, is but the outgrowth of this evil thing, which was created ...
/.../byers/sanctification/chapter xi some helpful thoughts.htm
The Remission of Sins.
... desert a highway for our God, we must bestir ourselves in the very spot of the desert
on which we stand; we must cast far from us our evil thing that blocks ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/hope of the gospel/the remission of sins.htm
Jesus in the World.
... Through the false, the infernal idea of having, of possessing them, we make them
our tyrants, make the relation between them and us an evil thing. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/hope of the gospel/jesus in the world.htm
The Beginning of Miracles.
... for the giver, he will plague them with sore plagues, that the good wine of life
may not be to them, and therefore to him and the universe, an evil thing. ...
/.../macdonald/miracles of our lord/ii the beginning of miracles.htm
Letter of Origen to Gregory.
... Holy Scripture knows, however, that it was an evil thing to descend from the land
of the children of Israel into Egypt; and in this a great truth is wrapped up ...
/.../unknown/the passion of the scillitan martyrs/letter of origen to gregory.htm
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