Resah רֶ֫שַׁע

Resah (Hebrew רֶ֫שַׁע, Strong's H7562) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “wickedness”. It occurs 30 times in 29 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Resah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 9:27
  Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 24:13
  As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.

Job

• Job 34:8
  Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.
• Job 34:10
  Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
• Job 35:8
  Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.

Psalms

• Psalm 5:4
  For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
• Psalm 10:15
  Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
• Psalm 45:7
  Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
• Psalm 84:10
  For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
• Psalm 125:3
  For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
• Psalm 141:4
  Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 4:17
  For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
• Proverbs 8:7
  For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
• Proverbs 10:2
  Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
• Proverbs 12:3
  A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
• Proverbs 16:12
  It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 3:16
  And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
• Ecclesiastes 7:25
  I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
• Ecclesiastes 8:8
  There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 58:4
  Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.
• Isaiah 58:6
  Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 14:20
  We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 3:19
  Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself.
• Ezekiel 7:11
  Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.Their violence has grown into a rod to punish their wickedness. None of them will remain: none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and nothing of value.
• Ezekiel 31:11
  I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.I delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it.
• Ezekiel 33:12
  Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’

Hosea

• Hosea 10:13
  Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,

Micah

• Micah 6:10
  Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
• Micah 6:11
  Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).