Examples of Evil – Thought Sins

General wickedness

Genesis 6:5  

The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.

Psalms 64:5  

5 They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, and “Who will see them?”

6 They plot injustice and say, “We have devised a perfect plan!” Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.

Isaiah 59:7  

Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil thoughts; ruin and destruction mark their ways.

Isaiah 65:2  

All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations—

Jealousy – hatred

Genesis 50:20

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

Evading responsibility

Deuteronomy 15:9  

Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: “The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near,” so that you do not show ill will toward your needy brother and give him nothing. He may then appeal to the LORD against you, and you will be found guilty of sin.

False witnessing

Deuteronomy 19:15  

15 One witness is not enough to convict a man accused of any crime or offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

16 If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse a man of a crime,

17 the two men involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time.

18 The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against his brother,

19 then do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you.

20 The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never again will such an evil thing be done among you.

21 Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Fact less decisions

Judges 15:2  

“I was so sure you thoroughly hated her,” he said, “that I gave her to your friend. Isn't her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead.”