Lexicon :: Strong's H205 - 'āven

“God has not observed wickedness in Jacob [for he is forgiven],

Nor has He seen trouble in Israel.

The LORD their God is with Israel,

And the shout of their King is among the people.

“For rebellion is as [serious as] the sin of divination (fortune-telling),

And disobedience is as [serious as] false religion and idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,

He also has rejected [fn]you as king.”

“As I have seen, those who plow wickedness

And those who sow trouble and harm harvest it.

“For affliction does not come forth from the dust,

Nor does trouble spring forth from the ground.

“For He recognizes and knows false and worthless men,

And He sees wickedness, will He not consider it?

If sin is in your hand, put it far away [from you],

And do not let wrongdoing dwell in your tents;

“They conceive mischief and bring forth wickedness,

And their inmost soul prepares deceit and fraud.”

“You say, ‘God stores away [the punishment of] man’s wickedness for his children.’

Let God repay him so that he may know and experience it.

“Will you keep to the ancient path

That wicked men walked [in the time of Noah],

“Does not tragedy fall [justly] on the unjust

And disaster to those who work wickedness?

Who goes in company with those who do evil

And walks with wicked men?

“There is no darkness nor deep shadow

Where the evildoers may hide themselves.

‘Job ought to be tried [fn]to the limit

Because he answers like wicked men!

“He opens their ears to instruction and discipline,

And commands that they return from evil.

“Take heed and be careful, do not turn to wickedness,

For you have chosen this [the vice of complaining against God] rather than [learning from] affliction.

The boastful and the arrogant will not stand in Your sight;

You hate all who do evil.

Depart from me, all you who do evil,

For the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.

Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin,

And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.

His mouth is full of curses and deceit (fraud) and oppression;

Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness [injustice and sin].

Have all the workers of wickedness and injustice no knowledge,

Who eat up my people as they eat bread,

And do not call upon the LORD?

Do not drag me away with the wicked

And with those who do evil,

Who speak peace with their neighbors,

While malice and mischief are in their hearts.

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;

He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

There those who [are perverse and] do evil have fallen;

They have been thrust down and cannot rise.

And when one comes to see me, he speaks empty words,

While his heart gathers malicious gossip [against me];

When he goes away, he tells it [everywhere].

Have workers of wickedness no knowledge or no understanding?

They eat up My people as though they ate bread

And have not called upon God.

Because of the voice of the enemy,

Because of the pressure of the wicked;

For they bring down trouble on me,

And in anger they persecute me.

Day and night they go around her walls;

Wickedness and mischief are in her midst.

Cast them out because of their wickedness.

In anger bring down the peoples, O God!

Deliver me from those who practice wrongdoing,

And save me from bloodthirsty men.

You, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel,

Arise to punish all the nations;

Spare no one and do not be merciful to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah.

Hide me from the secret counsel and conspiracy of the ungodly,

From the scheming of those who do wrong,

If I regard sin and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it],

The Lord will not hear [me];

The days of our life are [fn]seventy years—

Or even, if because of strength, eighty years;

Yet their pride [in additional years] is only labor and sorrow,

For it is soon gone and we fly away.

That though the wicked sprout up like grass

And all evildoers flourish,

They will be destroyed forever.

For behold, Your enemies, O LORD,

For behold, Your enemies will perish;

All who do evil will be scattered.

They pour out words, speaking arrogant things;

All who do evil boast proudly.

Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

Who will take a stand for me against those who do wickedness?

He has turned back their own wickedness upon them

And will destroy them by means of their own evil;

The LORD our God will wipe them out.

Morning after morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land,

That I may cut off from the city of the LORD all those who do evil.

Establish my footsteps in [the way of] Your word;

Do not let any human weakness have power over me [causing me to be separated from You].

But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways [in unresponsiveness to God],

The LORD will lead them away with those who do evil.

Peace be upon Israel.

Do not incline my heart to [consent to or tolerate] any evil thing,

Or to practice deeds of wickedness

With men who plan and do evil;

And let me not eat of their delicacies (be tempted by their gain).

Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,

And from the snares of those who do evil.

A worthless person, a wicked man,

Is one who walks with a perverse (corrupt, vulgar) mouth.

A heart that creates wicked plans,

Feet that run swiftly to evil,

The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright,

But it is ruin to those who do evil.

When the wicked man dies, his expectation will perish;

And the hope of [godless] strong men perishes.

No harm befalls the righteous,

But the wicked are filled with trouble.