GOD CREATES AND USES EVIL — KJV (King James Version) Bible Verse List



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“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.”
Isaiah 45:7, KJV

“The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.”
Proverbs 16:4, KJV

“The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.”
Proverbs 21:1, KJV

It was God Himself who hardened evil Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not release the Israelites from bondage:

“And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.”
Exodus 7:13, KJV

“And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.”
Exodus 9:12, KJV

“And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him . . . But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go . . . But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.”
Exodus 10:1, 20, 27, KJV

“And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.”
Exodus 11:10, KJV

“And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.”
Exodus 14:8, KJV

As evil as he was, God used Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar — who He called “my servant” — to siege Jerusalem three times, and ultimately to destroy it — along with the Temple — and then to take the Jews captive for seventy years. He used the Assyrians and the Romans in the same way.

“Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.”
Jeremiah 25:9, KJV

“And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.”
Jeremiah 27:6, KJV

“And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.”
Jeremiah 43:10, KJV

Please also see the KJV Bible verse lists called “I Will Bring Evil“.


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Bill Kochman

Bill Kochman is a Christian writer, poet, graphic artist, online evangelist and founder and webmaster of the Bill's Bible Basics website and blog, as well as the founder and administrator of the Christian Social Network. His interests include tropical fish, Macintosh computers, web design, writing poetry, God's natural creation and his cats, Obsidian, Mischief and their progeny, such as Polo and Eljio.

About Bill Kochman

Bill Kochman is a Christian writer, poet, graphic artist, online evangelist and founder and webmaster of the Bill's Bible Basics website and blog, as well as the founder and administrator of the Christian Social Network. His interests include tropical fish, Macintosh computers, web design, writing poetry, God's natural creation and his cats, Obsidian, Mischief and their progeny, such as Polo and Eljio.
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