The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless are taken in the place of the upright.

Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,

The Lord has broken the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.

There will be no prosperity for the wicked,” says the Lord.

There will be no prosperity,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

When I say to the wicked, “You will certainly die,” and you do not warn him – you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live – that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life.

Abraham approached and said, “Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked?

There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.

“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

Such is the lot God allots the wicked, and the heritage of his appointment from God.”

“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?

But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

But it was he who filled their houses with good things – yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!

Certainly the Lord guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,

The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.