A king sitting on the throne to judge ¹  separates out ²  all evil with his eyes. ³ 

Beatings and wounds cleanse away ¹  evil, and floggings cleanse ²  the innermost being. ³ 

The appetite ¹  of the wicked desires ²  evil; his neighbor is shown no favor ³  in his eyes.

Doing ¹  justice brings ²  joy to the righteous and terror ³  to those who do evil.

Do not envy evil people, ¹  do not desire ²  to be with them;

The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person. ¹ 

Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,

for the evil person has no future, ¹  and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished. ² 

Like a coating of glaze ¹  over earthenware are fervent ²  lips with an evil heart. ³ 

Though his ¹  hatred may be concealed ²  by deceit, his evil will be uncovered ³  in the assembly.

Evil people ¹  do not understand justice, ²  but those who seek the Lord ³  understand it all.

She brings him ¹  good and not evil ²  all the days of her life.

This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.

For God will evaluate every deed, ¹  including every secret thing, whether good or evil.

He said to me, “Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here.”

“‘After all of your evil – “Woe! Woe to you!” declares the sovereign Lord –

Although I trained and strengthened them, ¹  they plot evil against me!

Why ¹  should the Egyptians say, ²  ‘For evil ³  he led them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy ⁴  them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger, and relent ⁵  of this evil against your people.

The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹  The Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel ²  because they had done evil in the Lord’s sight.

Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, ¹  who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter. ²