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With your lips you have lied, and with your tongue you say evil things. 4 People take each other to court unfairly, and no one tells the truth in arguing his case. They accuse each other falsely and tell lies. They cause trouble and create more evil. 5 They hatch evil like eggs from poisonous snakes.
Jesus’ instruction to turn the other cheek, found in Matthew 5:39, actually means to turn the tables on those who seek to harm us and to overcome evil through creative acts of nonviolent resistance.
Jan 9, 2017 · Edmund Burke nailed it when he said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke. We can all tell stories of people who were lured into an addiction, a dangerous investment, a bad relationship, an abortion, or an infidelity.
Sep 5, 2023 · To fight the temptation to treat others as they treat us, the Bible reminds believers that they should not be overcome by evil. Scripture tells us this because overcoming evil with evil does not bring us victory but exposes us to the consequences of sin and a diminishing of our Christian witness.
Jan 23, 2024 · From a biblical perspective, evil arises as a consequence of human divergence from God’s order. At the level of human action, sin can be informed or uninformed. At times, those who oppose God don’t seem to know they are opposing God.
Proverbs 24. Complete Jewish Bible. 24 Don’t be envious of evil people, and don’t desire to be with them. 2 For their minds are occupied with violence, and their lips speak of making trouble. 3 By wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is made secure, 4 and by knowledge its rooms are filled. with all kinds of costly and pleasant possessions.
Aug 11, 2015 · Yet these are the kinds of people Jesus said we must love—evil people intent on harming us. In Luke’s parallel account, Jesus further explains how to love our enemies, “. . . do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you” (Luke 6:27–28).
