7 Characteristics Of A Wicked Person And How To Respond
Before we talk about the characteristics of a wicked person, I want to acknowledge something upfront — you might be wincing at the word “wicked.” Calling someone wicked or evil can feel harsh, even unkind. It may even feel wrong, as if labeling certain behaviors as “wicked” is somehow sinful. I get it. Truly.
But stay with me.
The Bible uses the word “wicked” more than 300 times. Scripture gives us clear descriptions of the characteristics of a wicked person — not to shame anyone, but to warn us, protect us, and help us recognize patterns that lead to harm. God is giving us the information we need to guard ourselves from unnecessary pain and destruction. Even though the topic of wicked or evil people isn’t a common Sunday morning sermon, the reality is that these people exist — and Jesus said we would know them by their fruit.
My hope is that this article equips you to be wise, discerning, and protected from the schemes of the enemy.
Evil People vs. Wicked People
In the Bible, the words evil and wicked often show up together, are used interchangebly at times, but do have some subtle differences.
Evil generally refers to anything that causes harm, pain, or corruption. It can describe bad things that happen in the world—like disease or disasters—or the moral kind of evil that comes from people doing wrong. Evil can be both what’s happening inside a person’s heart and what shows up in their actions. I’m going to say that again- In Scripture, evil refers to the condition of someone’s heart and sometimes it refers to their actions. Wicked, on the other hand, usually describes people who live in open rebellion against God. It’s not about a single bad choice—it’s about a pattern of life that resists what’s good and right. Wickedness isn’t about making mistakes—it’s about refusing to confess & repent of them.
It’s helpful to remember that both evil and wicked are pushing against God’s best for someone. We also know for sure that both are destructive for both the person with evil behavior as well as those around them. The last thing I want to point out is that an evil heart is like a spectrum- an evil heart doesn’t wake up one morning and and turn into a wicked person. It’s a muscle that has become stronger with practice and thousands of small decisions that led to an increasingly hardened heart. In other words, it’s a long standing pattern.
Aren’t we all sinners? This is a standard response to discussing the condition of evil and wickedness. And, yes, we are all sinners. The sins of a person are not what make someone wicked or evil. The marks of a wicked heart are the refusal to acknowledge the sin and repent. This pattern of rejecting the reality of the sin and repenting is not only consistent, it’s persistent.
Characteristic of a Wicked Heart
1. Pride and Entitlement
Pride is an inflated view of oneself that elevates personal desires, opinions, and importance above others — and even above God.
Entitlement is the belief that a person deserves special treatment, exemption from rules, or automatic access to your time, energy, or resources — simply because they want it.
Pride and entitlement sit at the very core of a wicked man. A wicked person may not boast loudly, but their actions declare, “I am above correction, deserving of more than others.” Entitlement is the outward expression of that inner pride, demanding special treatment, recognition, or control.
Pride and entitlement blinds a person to truth, convincing them they are the exception—that rules and consequences do not apply. Scripture warns that pride was the downfall of Satan himself. Like him, the wicked heart is consumed with self-exaltation. Entitlement becomes its evidence—an unmistakable sign of rebellion against God and a refusal to walk in humility or truth. Wickedness grows out of pride—the desire to be one’s own god.
Examples of Entitlement
- Expecting your time, attention, or emotional energy on demand.
- Getting angry when you set a boundary.
- Believing rules apply to everyone except them.
- Taking without giving — and seeing nothing wrong with it.
- Expecting forgiveness without taking responsibility.
- Believing their needs automatically outweigh yours.
- Interrupting, talking over you, or dismissing your perspective.
- Expecting you to read their mind and meet their needs perfectly.
- Acting offended when you need support or help.
- Assuming you owe them loyalty despite their lack of loyalty or harmful behavior.
- Feeling justified in controlling your choices, friendships, or schedule.
- Viewing consequences as “unfair” when they apply to them.
- Resenting you for having needs, limits, or preferences.
- Expecting praise or admiration for basic decency.
James 3:16 – For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
Proverbs 16:18 – Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
James 4:6 – But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: ‘God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.’
Psalm 10:3–6 – He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord. In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God. His ways are always prosperous; your laws are rejected by him; he sneers at all his enemies. He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.” He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”
2. A Hardened Heart
A hardened heart is spiritual and emotional condition in which a person becomes insensitive to God’s truth and conviction. They repeatedly resist correction and justify wrongdoing until their conscience grows dull. It’s not an overnight event—it’s a gradual desensitization that happens every time someone rejects conviction, ignores correction, or chooses pride over repentance.
Signs of a Hardened Heart
- Persistent pride
- Refusal to take responsibility
- Dismissing correction or wisdom
- Justifying harmful behavior
- Manipulating or twisting truth
- Lack of empathy
- Repeating the same sin with no remorse
- Blaming others for consequences
- Viewing themselves as the victim
- Hostility toward conviction or boundaries
Ephesians 4:18 – They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
Zechariah 7:12 – They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the Lord Almighty was very angry.
When the heart grows hard, it loses sensitivity to both God and people. There’s little empathy, no remorse, and no willingness to change. More information in Characteristics of a Hardened Heart (in Relationships), this kind of heart becomes emotionally and spiritually closed off.
3. Deceptive and Manipulative
One of the most pronounced characteristics of a wicked person is that they manage their lives with deception. Yes, I said manage their lives with deception. Lying becomes a strategy to gain control over relationships and circumstances—always at the expense of others. It’s also how they conceal sin so they can continue without being found out. Distorting truth helps advance the wicked person’s ultimate goal: to elevate self above others and dodge accountability. This pattern of behavior is deeply destructive and is one of the sins God hates—likely because He knows its devastating impact. This is one of the most pronounced signs of an evil person.
Manipulation is a more covert and sinister form of deception, designed to make others question themselves or feel as though they are crazy. The books of Proverbs and Psalms have much to say about manipulative tactics, as seen in the Scriptures below.
It’s also important to remember that Satan is called the father of lies, and no truth is found in him. When someone habitually uses deception as a tool, they reveal a dark core that reflects the heart of Satan himself—the complete opposite of the heart of Jesus Christ, who is called Truth.
Bible Verses About Deception & Manipulation
Psalm 28:3 – Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts.
Psalm 12:2 – Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.
Proverbs 26:23 – Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
Proverbs 10:32 – The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
Psalm 10:7 – His mouth is full of lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.
Psalm 58:3 – Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
Proverbs 12:5 – The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
2 Timothy 3:13 – While evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Job 15:35 – They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit.
4. Cruelty and Lack of Empathy
Cruelty is defined as the willingness to cause emotional, spiritual, or physical pain without remorse — and sometimes with enjoyment, indifference, or justification.
Examples of wicked things a cruel person does…
- minimizes or mocks your suffering
- uses your vulnerabilities against you
- feels no responsibility for the pain they cause
- may even feel empowered by hurting or upsetting others
Lack of empathy is defined as the inability or unwillingness to understand, feel, or care about the emotions or experiences of others.
A person with no empathy…
- doesn’t consider how their actions affect others
- invalidates emotions instead of understanding them
- shows indifference when someone is hurting
- reacts with annoyance, blame, or self-focus instead of compassion
Psalm 17:10 – They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths speak with arrogance.
Psalm 73:7 – From their callous hearts comes iniquity; their evil imaginations have no limits.
Proverbs 21:10 – The wicked crave evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them.
Proverbs 12:10 – The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
Romans 1:31 – They have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy.
2 Timothy 3:2–3 – People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good…
5. High Conflict And Divisive
A high-conflict person is someone who thrives on conflict. This is very different from healthy conflict, which leads to understanding, growth, and eventual resolution. Healthy conflict works toward unity — even if it takes time to get there.
A high-conflict person, however, pursues conflict for its own sake. Resolution never comes because resolution was never the goal. The goal was the conflict itself.
The instigating of conflict can serve many purposes:
• create confusion,
• distract from their own wrongdoing,
• project their internal turmoil onto others,
• gain more power and control in the relationship.
For the wicked, conflict is not a moment — it’s a strategy.
Proverbs 6:12 – A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth…
Proverbs 6:14 – …who plots evil with deceit in his heart—he always stirs up conflict.
Proverbs 16:27–28 – A scoundrel plots evil, and on their lips it is like a scorching fire. A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.
Psalm 140:2 – They devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
1 Timothy 6:4–5 – They are conceited and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
6. Justification and Refusal to Acknowledge Wrong
This is probably a good place to acknowledge that we are all sinners in desperate need of forgiveness every single day. Confession, forgiveness, and repentance are central to the Christian faith.
Someone who embodies the characteristics of a wicked person, however, refuses to acknowledge their sin. Not only do they deny it, but they persist in it. And when confronted, they deny, justify, minimize, lie, blame-shift, and do anything else that deflects responsibility.
The most heartbreaking part of this refusal to acknowledge wrongdoing is that they will never be free from the bondage of sin as long as they deny its existence in their life.
Proverbs 28:13 – Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
Isaiah 5:20 – Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
John 3:19–20 – This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
Proverbs 26:11–12 – As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.
Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
Jeremiah 2:35 – Yet you said, ‘I am innocent; he is not angry with me.’
But I will pass judgment on you because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
Jeremiah 8:6 – No one repents of his wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’
Psalm 36:2 – In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin.
7. Wicked Men Are Schemers
A schemer is someone who plans, plots, or manipulates situations behind the scenes for their own advantage—often through deceit, secrecy, or hidden agendas.
A schemer:
- works in the shadows rather than in honesty
- uses people as tools to achieve their goals
- manipulates circumstances to gain control or power
- plans harm or conflict while appearing innocent
- thinks several steps ahead with self-serving motives
- hides their true intentions until the moment benefits them
Psalm 10:8–9 – He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims; Like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.
Psalm 36:1–4 – I have a message from God in my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God before their eyes. In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin. The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good. Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong.
Micah 2:1–2 – Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it. They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes, they rob them of their inheritance.
How To Deal With Wicked People
1. Be A Fruit Inspector
God’s Word has given us the information we need to evaluate the people around us in order to determine who is safe and who is not. Evil wants to destroy- identifying evil actions and people is how we limit that destruction. You are made in God’s image and with a purpose. Evil desires to destroy everything it touches. Your God given discernement is for your protection.
Matthew 7:16–20 – By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Matthew 10:16 – I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
2. Avoid Such People
To avoid means to stay away from, keep a distance from, or intentionally not engage with someone or something in order to protect yourself or prevent harm. This is wisdom straight from God’s Word- a warning God extends in order to protect you.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 – But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
3. Expose Evil
Expose means to reveal, uncover, or bring something hidden into the open so that it can be seen for what it truly is. Doing so helps make discernment and protection possible. It’s not about shaming someone- it’s about exposing the truth. This could be the very thing that turns them toward God.
Ephesians 5:11 – Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
4. Don’t Cast Pearls
Wicked and evil people have no desire to hear the truth. If you have already tried to tell them the truth and they have refused to listen- stop! Truth is like a pearl, pigs don’t value your pearls of truth. Furthermore, they will turn and attack you for trying to share the truth. This is more biblical guidance intended to protect you.
Matthew 7:6 – Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
5. Grace Is Not Sufficient For The Wicked
In my own life, this verse was a turning point for me. Reading this flipped a switch in my heart with a wicked person. After years of exposing evil, sharing pearls of truth and offering grace upon grace- this verse felt like a punch and a release all in a single moment. It was one of those moments that I felt God’s voice and clarity in my heart. A wicked person does not respond to grace- they are not moved to repentance by it. This is good information for those of us who have been trying to love someone into godliness.
Isaiah 26:10 – But when grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and do not regard the majesty of the Lord.
6. Guard Your Heart
Being in the presence of evil will have an impact in your life. There is no way around this truth. You are called to guard your heart, because it is the control room of your thoughts, feelings and actions.
Proverbs 4:23 – Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
7. Pray For The Wicked
Praying for a wicked or evil person might be the most powerful thing you can offer them. God loves everyone and desires that nobody would perish. Prayer is an act of love- it releases them into the hands of God- the most loving place they can be.
Wrapping Up Characteristics Of A Wicked Person
In Scripture, wickedness is revealed through seven defining characteristics: pride and entitlement, a hardened and unresponsive heart, deception and manipulation, cruelty and lack of empathy, a love of conflict, refusal to acknowledge wrongdoing, and scheming that harms others for personal gain. These patterns are not occasional mistakes—they are persistent, practiced behaviors that reject truth and resist repentance. God, in His mercy, shows us how to respond wisely: evaluate people by their fruit, avoid those who consistently display these patterns, expose evil rather than enable it, refuse to waste truth on those who trample it, stop offering grace to those who persistently reject it, guard your heart from their influence, and pray for them from a place of safety. These biblical steps are not acts of judgment—they are acts of wisdom, discernment, and protection for your heart, your relationships, and your walk with God.
I absolutely love this lesson. I have been a victim of this for 17 years at my Church. I was a Pastors wife. He and I resigned about two weeks ago. The internal damage has been tremendous. I am now trying to heal from this damage done by the very ones I would have never in a million years expected. This is so sad for Gods people. And this is why the Church name is so bad.
I’m am so sorry, Rebecca- wounding from a place /person that should have protected and loved well is a huge betrayal. The healing journey from the impact difficult. I’m lifting you up and praying you find refuge in God in tangible ways.
God said He is coming back for a church without g out spot or wrinkle. I understand that this is not about perfection because we are only made perfect through Jesus Christ our savour. The church is in the heart and many Christians do not realize the importance of this. May Gods people have their hearts, ears, and minds opened to the truth before it is too late in the name of Jesus I pray 🙏 Amen
Thank you, BB!
Thank you!! You described two members of my family, down to their cells. One is my brother, who was (mistakenly, in hindsight), given control over my trust fund. I would totally disconnect from him, but there are times, because of the trust fund, that I have to contact him. It’s always, always an exercise in manipulation and control. As in, if I don’t agree with his (extremely liberal) politics, with which I am inundated during each and every contact, I am withheld the inheritance I own. I am required to agree that abortion and homosexuality are good, and that the Bible is “just a bunch of stories” or “just another reference book, no better than any other”.
Needless to say, I haven’t been allowed any payment from my inheritance in over 6 years. That sounds minor, but I am regularly told by him that he’ll be releasing a payment, only to find out, once again,since I wouldn’t agree with his politics, the payment is never released. It’s constant. And that’s just one of his evil acts. The list is nearly endless.
My mother is the same, only she uses different tactics (nothing related to the trust, as it is not from parents).
It is such a comfort to know that God knows their wickedness. He sees their evil, scheming, manipulative deeds. He sees the condition of their hearts.
I can rest in the arms of our Father, and one day, will leave this whole, evil world to be with Him forever.
Hi Stephanie, I’m so sorry to hear you are having power wielded over you when you don’t agree with his stand on topics. I’m glad the article was validating.
But what do you do when these are your mother and father and they are really blind to what they do?
Hi Donna, You pose a great question- one that many wrestle with when it’s close to home. I wish I could give you a formula, but the answer is different for everyone. Praying for discernment for you as you navigate this question.
Oh WOW! I had commented on another blog post of yours “Characteristics of a hardened heart (in relationships)” previously and you mentioned it in this one as well. My situation with my mother and sister hasn’t really gotten any better. I keep questioning myself if I need to try to reach out but something in me is telling me let God handle it because I will likely just be hurt again. It’s been a whole thing and has went on for several years with my sister but just recently my mother involved and turned on me and I think she has been told a lie or lead to believe something happened that did not occur and therefore she’s still angry with my husband. Invited me to Thanksgiving but not my husband. I think my sisters issues stem from jealousy maybe, I really don’t know. There’s several years between us and she was just a kid when I married so I wonder if she doesn’t hold resentment toward my husband because he “took me away” or something, idk. I just know she has never liked him and yes about a decade ago we struggled in our marriage and I made the mistake of confiding in her. But I chose to stay with my husband and I think that made her mad. What our problem was was nothing I felt we couldn’t work through, and we have, but I think she may have led our mother to believe he cheated on me and he DID NOT, I would have found it out if so because I was doing some serious private investigating!! It’s been a whole thing involving our church because my husband was being led to become a deacon and My sister and her husband were not members, but I think she thought her husband was more qualified. I think because my mom idolized my father and he has passed and was a deacon she believes my husband don’t measure up. We did mess up because our son who is 20 lives with us and brought a girl home who stayed the night we didn’t know it until we awoke the next day. We did have deep discussions with our son, at the time he pretty much blew us off but we have also dealt with him being suicidal in the past and feared him blowing up if we pursued him hard about it. Yes we allowed it to go on way too long but they soon married not a very long courtship at all 5 month’s total from beginning to talk to married but currently they are so happy, happiest I’ve seen my son since he was a little guy. They are fixing up a small house and will be able to move in the first of the year. I know we were too lenient on him about it especially since my husband was in his year trial to become a deacon. But during this time my mother never came and talked to us about her concerns other than chewing me out by text about it though I wanted to talk in person. She told me she was in no frame of mind to talk in person. I showed my son to whom I told him see this is what I knew would come of this and the very next day they got married. We discussed the issue after that with scripture our son and daugher-in-law repented as did we several times because it was bothering us so much. I tried explaining all this to my mother in that text and was told it was all just excuses. We also during time went to the only other deacon we have and explained the whole situation prayed and repented it with him and his wife. Went to another elder who is occasionally peaching at our church to plead our case and ask for guidance. Our church was unanimous in accepting our repentance and the kids at this point were married and had repented. All was forgiven by our church but that didn’t set well with my mother and sister who then engaged in a fall out on the front porch of our church. It was AWFUL to say the least, and they have since left our church. My mother asked to be released of her membership and her roles of helping with the banking and bookkeeping. Keep in mind, she had gone to this church since she was a child, so probably 60 some years and me and my sister since birth. My sister is 42 and I’m almost 50. We have massive history with this church, and I can’t believe my mother would just up and leave it! Not to mention, refuse to forgive me, my husband, nor our son, over his ordeal and I think in the midst of it was told something about me and my husband about our marital problems almost a decade ago that isn’t true and therefore holds hate toward my husband. I’m so sorry for this spill… but so thankful that this article shed massive light on the fact that this is God’s to deal with not mine. And maybe, in a sense, His protection to limit contact with them especially since it has been an ongoing issue with my sister at different time of her getting mad at me over innocent mistakes such as being nice to someone she doesn’t like. If that can even be held against me. To her it’s a lack of loyalty to her. But wow it’s hard and hurtful. So many of these points you refer to point to my sister’s character about no empathy, hatefulness, grudge holding, not recognizing her own sin, zero forgiveness, enjoying others misfortune, even others besides me whom she despises. She thinks she has good reason to hate if she feels they have done her wrong and my mother likes to use the verse in Matthew about hating your brother without cause as permission to hate if you HAVE a cause to hate them but further on down it talks about reconciling and how to go about that. She also justifies her anger and lack of self-control by talking about Jesus flipping tables in the temple. I hate to just write my mother off especially, I mean that’s my mother. So I do occasionally go out to lunch with her since all this has happened she will at least do that and has told me she loves me and even hugged me but acts like having anything to do with my husband is off the table and hasn’t and won’t talk about these problems other than our conversation of the first mean text saying my fears, worries, and concerns about how my son would react was all just excuses. Please just verify to me that I am doing the right thing by just not engaging in trying to talk about our problems and just letting God do His thing and praying for them privately. I simply don’t want to miss anything that God may want me to do to try to reconcile. I fear bringing anything up about what I think my mom is angry about concerning my husband because I’m afraid it may be misconstrued as me trying to get revenge. Because I don’t know for sure that my sister has lied to her. And it would put my mom in the middle trying to figure out which daughter is lying. I know regardless at this point even if reconciliation occurred with my mother, it will be awkward at family events if my husband was once again invited to join. I have just opted to love my mom from a distance only seeing her about 1 time a month for lunch and occasionally messaging but it is never about anything any more important than the weather. My sister hasn’t talked to me since the blow up at church and that was really directed at the elders standing up for me and my husband rather than us, so I don’t see her coming around anytime soon. Her children are younger so she hasn’t experienced any major issues with her kids yet and acts like she is the model parent and wife and unspokenly acts as though her children will never end up in situations like this. I guess I just need encouragement to know I’m doing all I can and it is just best to leave them alone and let God work and pray for them. Thank you to anyone who responds, we’re supposed to be here to lift each other up in encouragement, not tear each other down which is what we’ve had from people who I feel should be our biggest supporters. It just really hurts.
Thank you for sharing your heart, Lisa. It sounds like you are navigating quite a bit. How you navigate is different for everyone and that answer is inside you. I’ll be praying for clarity for you.
I’m having “a punch and a release all in a single moment” right now. I made a decision to separate from the “wicked” that was in my home. For so long I wanted to believe this person wasn’t as bad as I thought they were. Turns out, this article described them exactly for who they are. It’s disappointing to come to that realization after having so much hope. But my hope is shifted from that person to God and I know God is the only one that can save them at this point. Thank you for putting information like this out there for those of us who live any secret world of abuse and turmoil.
Validation is so important for healing from emotionally abusive relationships- I’m glad the study was validating! Blessings, Sunshyne
No Lisa, these are not faults of yours. As hard my as to believe there are families members that are just jealous of you. They make excuses about anything you do that is not in agreement with them. Its sad if they proclaim to be in the household of faith. We try in our efforts to get along with them. They need heart changing regarding you but you must guard your heart and husband’s. of the jealousy your mother and sister have. Your keeping in touch is goof but when they begin the behavior towards you with the jealousy its best stand back from that.
James 3:16 (KJV) For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Continue praying to God for your family members to see the light in their behaviors a.d show respect to you. They have blinders on and don’t see how the enemy is causing the division. 🙏for you on this.
I have met and experienced evil, behavior that was toxic to me as a believer. Your article best expresses the types of behavior and deceptive activity these individuals are. I’ve been studying Psalm 37, 36, and 11 that taught me how God looks at the evil man actions that contrast with a godly man or woman. He hates evil but sin inherited and dealt with in the wicked continues to strive with us as believers. I rented from a toxic landlord, experienced verbal attacks from another person, and see the wicked acting out in authority. Yet, I know God will one day deal with the wicked. I do not understand why God allows the wicked to rule but it is in his hands for the judgment day. After all Christians are persecuted every day by wicked authorities and people. God helped Esther to stand and be counted to free her people from annihilation by Haman. Your articles are so encouraging to me as a believer.
I.always have to e reminded we live in a fallen world and we will see so much evil. This will continue to make us pray.
Hi Brigette, Thank you for sharing your encouraging words and pointing to Scripture and our just God-Psalm 37 is one of my favorites as well when dealing with evil or wicked people.
Good morning, I ran a cross your article this morning and was so amazed at how you broke these words down and with scripture. We see the word Wicked use in movies and people are flocking to see it. Just alone the word should make people think about what they are looking at and taking their children to hear and see. Thank God for people like you.
I would like to know if I can share this article with my church family. It is so well done. I know that a lot of people who may be going through some of this evil and wickedness that needs to hear it and know that there is scripture backing them up..
Thanks so much.
Hi Viva, Yes! Please do share the information with anyone who needs these truths.
This is a perfect description of many world leaders including our own. We need to pray for all of them and for those they are hurting.
I agree
My daughter in law is doing all she can to destroy me & my son plus a dear friend. I don’t know what to do!!