רַע raʻ

Meaning

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

In the King James Version: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

Derivation: from H7489 (רָעַע);

Where it is used

• Proverbs 14:22 Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.
• Proverbs 14:32 The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
• Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
• Proverbs 15:10 Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
• Proverbs 15:15 All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
• Proverbs 15:26 The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.
• Proverbs 15:28 The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.
• Proverbs 16:4 The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
• Proverbs 16:6 By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.
• Proverbs 16:17 The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.
• Proverbs 16:27 A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
• Proverbs 16:30 He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
• Proverbs 17:11 An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
• Proverbs 17:13 If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
• Proverbs 17:20 The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
• Proverbs 19:23 The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.
• Proverbs 20:8 A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
• Proverbs 20:14 “Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
• Proverbs 20:22 Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
• Proverbs 20:30 Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.
• Proverbs 21:10 The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
• Proverbs 21:12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
• Proverbs 22:3 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
• Proverbs 23:6 Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
• Proverbs 24:1 Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
• Proverbs 24:16 For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
• Proverbs 24:20 For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
• Proverbs 25:20 Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
• Proverbs 26:23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
• Proverbs 26:26 Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
• Proverbs 27:12 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
• Proverbs 28:5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.
• Proverbs 28:10 He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
• Proverbs 28:14 Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
• Proverbs 28:22 A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
• Proverbs 29:6 An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
• Proverbs 31:12 She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.
• Ecclesiastes 1:13 And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
• Ecclesiastes 2:17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
• Ecclesiastes 2:21 When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
• Ecclesiastes 4:3 But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
• Ecclesiastes 4:8 There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
• Ecclesiastes 5:1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
• Ecclesiastes 5:13 There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
• Ecclesiastes 5:14 or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
• Ecclesiastes 5:16 This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
• Ecclesiastes 6:1 There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
• Ecclesiastes 6:2 God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
• Ecclesiastes 7:14 In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
• Ecclesiastes 7:15 In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
• Ecclesiastes 8:3 Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
• Ecclesiastes 8:5 Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
• Ecclesiastes 8:6 For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
• Ecclesiastes 8:9 All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
• Ecclesiastes 8:11 When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
• Ecclesiastes 8:12 Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
• Ecclesiastes 9:2 It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.
• Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
• Ecclesiastes 9:12 For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
• Ecclesiastes 10:5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler: