November 20—Evil
The word for today is evil.
“But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die” (Gen. 2:17).
“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” (Gen. 6:5).
“So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done” (1 Kings 11:6).
“Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil” (Prov. 3:7).
“Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil men” (Prov. 4:14).
“And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.]” (Matt. 6:13).
“Abstain from every form of evil” (1 Thess. 5:22).
“But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one” (2 Thess. 3:3).
“Take care, brethren, lest there should be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart, in falling away from the living God” (Heb. 3:12).
“The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? ‘I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve’” (Jer. 17:9, 10).
Prayer: Lord, wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
See also: Job 1:1; Ps. 5:4, 34:13-14, 16, 37:27, 97:10; Ezek. 33:11; Mark 7:21-23; Isa. 5:20; 1 Kings 21:20
