Lexicon :: Strong's G765 - asebēs

Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

“You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of the whole earth do what is just? ”

Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. “I have sinned this time,” he said to them. “The LORD is the righteous one, and I and my people are the guilty ones.

“Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.

“If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.

“Hand over the wicked men in Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge evil from Israel.” But the Benjaminites would not listen to their fellow Israelites.

Bela’s sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri ​— ​five. They were valiant warriors and heads of their ancestral families; 22,034 were listed in their genealogies.

There the wicked cease to make trouble,

and there the weary find rest.

Such is the destiny[fn] of all who forget God;

the hope of the godless will perish.

Surely this is the joy of his way of life;

yet others will sprout from the dust.

Your enemies will be clothed with shame;

the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.

The earth[fn] is handed over to the wicked;

he blindfolds[fn] its judges.

If it isn’t he, then who is it?

Since I will be found guilty,

why should I struggle in vain?

“Is it good for you to oppress,

to reject the work of your hands,

and favor[fn] the plans of the wicked?

“If I am wicked, woe to me!

And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head.

I am filled with shame

and have drunk deeply of[fn] my affliction.

But the sight of the wicked will fail.

Their way of escape will be cut off,

and their only hope is their last breath.

A wicked person writhes in pain all his days,

throughout the number of years reserved for the ruthless.

For the company of the godless will have no children,

and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.

God hands me over to the unjust;[fn]

he throws me to the wicked.

Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished;

the flame of his fire does not glow.

the joy of the wicked has been brief

and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?

This is the wicked person’s lot from God,

the inheritance God ordained for him.

Why do the wicked continue to live,

growing old and becoming powerful?

But their prosperity is not of their own doing.

The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

For you say, “Where now is the nobleman’s house? ”

and “Where are the tents the wicked lived in? ”

But it was he who filled their houses with good things.

The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

The wicked displace boundary markers.

They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.

They gather their fodder in the field

and glean the vineyards of the wicked.

May my enemy be like the wicked

and my opponent like the unjust.

This is a wicked man’s lot from God,

the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

He was also angry at Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute him and yet had condemned him.[fn]

He keeps company with evildoers

and walks with wicked men.

who says to a king, “Worthless man! ”

and to nobles, “Wicked men! ”?

In full view of the public,[fn]

he strikes them for their wickedness,

He does not keep the wicked alive,

but he gives justice to the oppressed.

But if they do not listen,

they will cross the river of death[fn]

and die without knowledge.

Be careful that no one lures you with riches;[fn]

do not let a large ransom[fn] lead you astray.

so it may seize the edges of the earth

and shake the wicked out of it?

Light[fn] is withheld from the wicked,

and the arm raised in violence is broken.

Look on every proud person and humble him;

trample the wicked where they stand.[fn]

How happy is the one who does not

walk in the advice of the wicked

or stand in the pathway with sinners

or sit in the company of mockers!

The wicked are not like this;

instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.

You have rebuked the nations:

You have destroyed the wicked;

you have erased their name forever and ever.

In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue their victims;

let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

Why has the wicked person despised God?

He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”