Strong's G2556 κακός (kakos)

since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and thou hast magnified thy righteousness, in what thou doest toward me that my soul may live—but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.

And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, This matter has come forth from the Lord, we shall not be able to answer thee bad or good.

that thou shalt do no wrong by us, as we have not abhorred thee, and according as we have treated thee well, and have sent thee forth peaceably; and now thou art blessed of the Lord.

For how shall I go up to my father, the lad not being with us? lest I behold the evils which will befall my father.

the angel who delivers me from all evils, bless these boys, and my name shall be called upon them, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac; and let them be increased to a great multitude on the earth.

And when the brethren of Joseph saw that their father was dead, they said, Let us take heed, lest at any time Joseph remember evil against us, and recompense to us all the evils which we have done against him.

And the accountants of the children of Israel saw themselves in an evil plight, men saying, Ye shall not fail to deliver the daily rate of the brickmaking.

surely they shall not see the land, which I swore to their fathers; but their children which are with me here, as many as know not good or evil, every inexperienced youth, to them will I give the land; but none who have provoked me shall see it.

Surely these men who came up out of Egypt from twenty years old and upward, who know good and evil, shall not see the land which I swore to give to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, for they have not closely followed after me:

But if ye will not do so, ye will sin against the Lord; and ye shall know your sin, when afflictions shall come upon you.

And every young child who this day knows not good or evil—they shall enter therein, and to them I will give it, and they shall inherit it.

God shall by no means be willing to pardon him, but then the wrath of the Lord and his jealousy shall flame out against that man; and all the curses of this covenant shall attach themselves to him, which are written in this book, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.

Behold, I have set before thee this day life and death, good and evil.

And I will be very angry with them in that day, and I will leave them and turn my face away from them, and they shall be devoured; and many evils and afflictions shall come upon them; and they shall say in that day, Because the Lord my God is not with me, these evils have come upon me.

For I know that after my death ye will utterly transgress, and turn aside out of the way which I have commanded you; and evils shall come upon you in the latter days, because ye will do evil before the Lord, to provoke him to anger by the works of your hands.

I will gather evils upon them, And will fight with my weapons against them.

among whomsoever they went; and the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord spoke, and as the Lord swore to them; and he greatly afflicted them.

And Gideon said to him, Be gracious with me, my Lord: but if the Lord is with us, why have these evils found us? and where are all his miracles, which our fathers have related to us, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt? and now he has cast us out, and given us into the hand of Midian.

And ye have this day rejected God, who is himself your Deliverer out of all your evils and afflictions; and ye said, Nay, but thou shalt set a king over us: and now stand before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your families.

God do so to Jonathan and more also: as I shall also report the evil to thee, and make it known to thee, and I will let thee go; and thou shalt depart in peace, and the Lord shall be with thee, as he was with my father.

And Saul said to David, Thou art more righteous than I, for thou hast recompensed me good, but I have recompensed thee evil.

And now, my lord, as the Lord lives, and thy soul lives, as the Lord has kept thee from coming against innocent blood, and from executing vengeance for thyself, now therefore let thine enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal.

And David heard it and said, Blessed be the Lord, who has judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and has delivered his servant from the power of evil; and the Lord has returned the mischief of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself for a wife.

Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against thee evil out of thy house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and will give them to thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died: and the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive we spoke to him, and he hearkened not to our voice; and how should we tell him that the child is dead?—so would he do himself harm.

And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord ordained to disconcert the good counsel of Ahithophel, that the Lord might bring all evil upon Absalom.

And the king said to Hushai, Is it well with the young man Absalom? and Hushai said, Let the enemies of my lord the king, and all whosoever have risen up against him for evil, be as that young man.

And now arise, and go forth, and speak comfortably to thy servants; for I have sworn by the Lord, that unless thou wilt go forth today, there shall not a man remain with thee this night: and know for thyself, this thing will indeed be evil to thee beyond all the evil that has come upon thee from thy youth until now.

I am this day eighty years old: can I then distinguish between good and evil? Can thy servant taste any longer what I eat or drink? can I any longer hear the voice of singing men or singing women? and wherefore shall thy servant any longer be a burden to my lord the king?

Thou shalt give therefore to thy servant a heart to hear and to judge thy people justly, and to discern between good and evil: for who will be able to judge this thy great people?

behold, I bring evil upon thee: and I will kindle a fire after thee, and I will utterly destroy every male of Ahab, and him that is shut up and him that is left in Israel.

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is one man here for us to inquire of the Lord by; but I hate him, for he does not speak good of me, but only evil; Micaiah son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat king of Judah said, Let not the king say so.

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Did I not say to thee that this man does not prophesy good to me, for he speaks nothing but evil?

And now, behold, the Lord has put a false spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord has spoken evil against thee.

And Hazael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: thou wilt utterly destroy their strongholds with fire, and thou wilt slay their choice men with the sword, and thou wilt dash their infants against the ground, and their women with child thou wilt rip up.

it shall not be so. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I bring calamities upon Jerusalem and Judah, so that both the ears of everyone that hears shall tingle.

Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I bring evil upon this place, and upon them that dwell in it, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read:

It shall not be so therefore: behold, I will add thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy tomb in peace, and thine eyes shall not see any among all the evils which I bring upon this place.

And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because, said he, He was afflicted in my house.

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom to inquire of the Lord; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy concerning me for good, for all his days are for evil: this is Micaiah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Said I not to thee, that he would not prophesy concerning me good, but evil?

And now, behold, the Lord has put a false spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord has spoken evil against thee.

If there should come upon us evils, sword, judgment, pestilence, famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee (for thy name is upon this house), and we will cry to thee because of the affliction, and thou shalt hear, and deliver.

Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I bring evil upon this place, even all the words that are written in the book that was read before the king of Judah:

Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, and thine eyes shall not look upon all the evils which I am bringing upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of it. And they brought back word to the king.

Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.

And the king rose up from the banquet to go into the garden: and Haman began to entreat the queen; for he saw that he was in an evil case.

also how he went in to the king, telling him to hang Mordecai: but all the calamities he tried to bring upon the Jews came upon himself, and he was hanged, and his children.

And when the days of the banquet were completed, Job sent and purified them, having risen up in the morning, And offered sacrifices for them, according to their number, And one calf for a sin offering for their souls: For Job said, Lest peradventure my sons have thought evil in their minds against God. Thus then Job did continually.

And the Lord said to the devil, Hast thou then observed my servant Job, That there is none of men upon the earth like him, A harmless, true, blameless, godly man, Abstaining from all evil? And he yet cleaves to innocence, Whereas thou hast told me to destroy his substance without cause?

Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women. If we have received good things of the hand of the Lord, shall we not endure evil things? In all these things that happened to him, Job sinned not at all with his lips before God.

Came to him each from his own country: Eliphaz the king of the Temanites, Bildad sovereign of the Shuhites, Zophar king of the Minaeans: And they came to him with one accord, To comfort and to visit him.

But if there had been any truth in thy words, None of these evils would have befallen thee. Shall not mine ear receive excellent revelations from him?

For what they have collected, the just shall eat; But they shall not be delivered out of calamities: Let their strength be utterly exhausted.

Six times he shall deliver thee out of distresses: And in the seventh harm shall not touch thee.

He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: And thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils.

But ye are all bad physicians, And healers of diseases.

For thou hast written evil things against me, And thou hast compassed me with the sins of my youth.

I have heard many such things: Poor comforters are ye all.

And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom; And to abstain from evil is understanding.

But I, when I waited for good things, Behold, days of evils came the more upon me.

If I have requited with evil those who requited me with good; May I then perish empty by means of my enemies.

For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, Continuing without evil from generation to generation.

Who has not spoken craftily with his tongue, Neither has done evil to his neighbor, Nor taken up a reproach against them that dwelt nearest to him.

For they intended evils against thee; They imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform.

Yea, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will not be afraid of evils: for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, these have comforted me.

For in the day of mine afflictions he hid me in his tabernacle: He sheltered me in the secret of his tabernacle; He set me up on a rock.

Draw not away my soul with sinners, And destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace with their neighbors, But evils are in their hearts.

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

Turn away from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, To destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord hearkened to them,

Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: Let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame.

Let them be confounded and ashamed together that rejoice at my afflictions: Let them be clothed with shame and confusion that speak great swelling words against me.

Turn aside from evil, and do good; And dwell forever.

While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: And they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, And devised deceits all the day.

They that reward evil for good slandered me; Because I followed righteousness.

For innumerable evils have encompassed me; My transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; They are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; And my heart has failed me.

Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; Let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame.

Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?

All my enemies whispered against me; Against me they devised my hurt.

He shall return evil to mine enemies; Utterly destroy them in thy truth.

All the day long they have abominated my words; All their devices are against me for evil.

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek my soul: Let them be turned backward and put to shame, that wish me evil.

Let those that plot against my soul be ashamed and utterly fail: Let those that seek my hurt be clothed with shame and dishonor.

What afflictions many and sore hast thou shown me! Yet thou didst turn and quicken me, And broughtest me again from the depths of the earth.

Moreover also my tongue shall dwell all the day upon thy righteousness; When they shall be ashamed and confounded that seek my hurt.

For my soul is filled with troubles, And my life has drawn nigh to Hades.

Let us rejoice in all our days, In return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, The years wherein we saw evil.

No evils shall come upon thee, And no scourge shall draw nigh to thy dwelling.

They go up to the heavens, And go down to the depths; Their soul melts because of troubles.

Again they become few, and are brought low, By the pressure of evils and pain.

And they rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

May the Lord preserve thee from all evil: The Lord shall keep thy soul.

A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: Evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.

For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; And the overthrow of transgressors is evil.

For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: Wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me.

But he that hearkens to me shall dwell in confidence, And shall rest securely from all evil.

To deliver thee from the evil way, And from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.

Who rejoice in evils, And delight in wicked perverseness;

Of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, And forgotten the covenant of God.

Be not wise in thine own conceit; But fear God, and depart from all evil.

Living near thee and trusting in thee.

Lest he do thee some harm.

Neither do thou covet their ways.

I was almost in all evil In the midst of the congregation and assembly.

My son, do what I command thee, and deliver thyself; For on thy friend’s account thou art come into the power of evil men: Faint not, But stir up even thy friend for whom thou art become surety.

And want as a swift courier: And poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.

His perverse heart devises evils: At all times such a one causes troubles to a city.

And feet hastening to do evil—are hateful to God.

The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, And insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; And I hate the perverse ways of bad men.

He that reproves evil men shall get dishonor to himself; And he that rebukes an ungodly man shall disgrace himself.

Rebuke not evil men, lest they should hate thee: Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

But wisdom brings forth prudence for a man.

But ruin comes to them that work wickedness.

He that devises good counsels seeks good favor: But as for him that seeks after evil, evil shall overtake him.

But the roots of the godly are firmly set.

There is deceit in the heart of him that imagines evil; But they that love peace shall rejoice.

But the ungodly will be filled with mischief.

But mischief shall pursue sinners; And the way of ungodly men shall lead them astray.

But they that are judges of themselves are wise.