wickedness.

Raised as he had been, almost away from civilization, he hardly knew the meaning of what the world called wickedness.

The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889

Considering the brevity of life and the absolute certainty of death, I think that the men and women who are so foolish as to miss any opportunities of enjoyment while they are alive deserve more punishment than those who take all they can get, even in the line of what is called wickedness.

Ziska Marie Corelli 1889

Let this ... reward -- or, "wages," pay for labor, the fruit of the enemy's wickedness. from the Lord -- as His judicial act.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

So wickedness means, not merely open crimes which are punishable by the law, but all which comes out of a man's own wilfulness and perverseness -- injustice (which is the first meaning of iniquity), cunning, falsehood, covetousness, pride, self-conceit, tyranny, cruelty -- these seem to be what the Scripture calls wickedness.

The Good News of God Charles Kingsley 1847

So wickedness means, not merely open crimes which are punishable by the law, but all which comes out of a man's own wilfulness and perverseness -- injustice (which is the first meaning of iniquity), cunning, falsehood, covetousness, pride, self-conceit, tyranny, cruelty -- these seem to be what the Scripture calls wickedness.

The Good News of God Charles Kingsley 1847

So wickedness means, not merely open crimes which are punishable by the law, but all which comes out of a man's own wilfulness and perverseness -- injustice (which is the first meaning of iniquity), cunning, falsehood, covetousness, pride, self-conceit, tyranny, cruelty -- these seem to be what the Scripture calls wickedness.

The Good News of God Charles Kingsley 1847

Ye shall be hated of all men, of all wicked men, and these are the generality of men, for the whole world lies in wickedness.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

Evil opinions are often accompanied with evil practices; and those who are for propagating error are for improving in wickedness.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

It is principally to be understood of the Gentile world, who lay in wickedness.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

As, when a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him, so when a man's ways displease the Lord he makes even his friends to be at war with him; and justly makes those a scourge and a plague to sinners, and instruments of their destruction, who were their tempters, and with whom they were partakers in wickedness.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721