Most evil person(s) in the Bible

[convicted1]

Jezebel
Judas Iscariot
Saul of Tarsus( pre-Apostle Paul)
Satan, great red dragon, that old serpent and devil

Satan gets my vote...

 

[padredurand]

I am a bit surprised that the rulers who utterly destroyed Judah and Israel didn't make the list of the most evil.

The siege described by the prophet Jeremiah and the resulting slaughter of nearly every Jew in the all the lands and every tribe was a far more significant attempt at genocide than that of Hitler (using population percentage calculations - my own work from years ago).

Killing the king's children before him and that being the last he saw, was just a small part of the evil. What of the babies bashed against walls, pregnant mothers slain in such a way the child within them was also slain, old men and women not spared, and what young maids and lads that were left were taken as captive slaves to be used and abused.

Just wondering if such wouldn't be considered as ranking among the most evil.

Or do the folks get a pass because God called Nebuchadnezzar "My servant" and the destruction was prophesied?

I don't think anyone's getting a pass. There's just so many choices throughout the biblical narrative. I imagine if you could ask Uriah he'd say David was the most evil person.

 

[saturneptune]

I don't think anyone's getting a pass. There's just so many choices throughout the biblical narrative. I imagine if you could ask Uriah he'd say David was the most evil person.

It is certainly a paradox that David, a man after God's own heart, would commit adultery and murder in order to achieve it. There are many, many lost people that never did that. The way we look at things is certainly different than the Lord. Another person that comes to mind as the most evil, above all the OT characters is Caiaphas, the high priest at the crucifixion. Yes, there were many, many OT evil kings of Israel, Judah, and other nations. However, they were openly evil and everyone knew exactly what to expect from them. The Pharisees on the other hand, were pretending to be something they were not, the keeper of God's law. If one thinks about how the Lord would answer this question, I think old Caiaphas would be at or near the top.

Christ Himself, who is God, gives us a hint. He got visibly angry at two situations, making a buck off the house of God, and the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. Terms like "whitewashed tombs" and "brood of vipers" is a description Christ saved for this group alone. If one really gets into the verses that record the exchange of words between Jesus and the religious leaders of the day, one can feel the sparks flying. It is the most confrontational Christ got with anyone, more than the prostitute, tax collectors, and the lower class. Even Pilate, it is clear the Lord felt pity for, although Christ did let Pilate know exactly where his power came from.

I would say from the Lord's point of view, just going by Christ's words, the Pharisees are way up there on the most evil list.

 

[saturneptune]

Jezebel
Judas Iscariot
Saul of Tarsus( pre-Apostle Paul)
Satan, great red dragon, that old serpent and devil

Satan gets my vote...

In the previous post, my vote goes to the Pharisees.

 

[convicted1]

In the previous post, my vote goes to the Pharisees.

I'd say McConnell or Bunning, but they're not in the bible..

 

[saturneptune]

I'd say McConnell or Bunning, but they're not in the bible..

Sure one is, don't you remember the Bunning Bush.

 

[Rippon]

In the previous post, my vote goes to the Pharisees.

All Pharisees were not bad. There were some significant good ones such as Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea --not to mention Paul himself long after his conversion (see Acts 23:6)

 

[saturneptune]

All Pharisees were not bad. There were some significant good ones such as Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea --not to mention Paul himself long after his conversion (see Acts 23:6)

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[Rippon]

Do you have a problem with the English language? The op asks for your opinion of who is the most evil person in the Bible.

Well,apparently you didn't read the OP carefully enough. A group (Pharisees) is not a person. :laugh:

 

[saturneptune]

Well,apparently you didn't read the OP carefully enough. A group (Pharisees) is not a person. :laugh:

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[preachinjesus]

Do you have a problem with the English language? The op asks for your opinion of who is the most evil person in the Bible. It did not ask for your opinion about who I said was. Are you so inept you cannot make a decision on your own, or is it your usual pattern of trying to disrupt and divide a thread?

Are you that ignorant? Make your own decision on who is the most evil person is in the Bible then back it up. Don't criticize my choice. Frankly, the best thing you could do is stick you head back in the sand where it came from.

Dude, take it easy man. It's just a friendly forum. If you can't handle it maybe its time for a break.

 

[Dr. Bob]

Unchristian language will result in a "break" for the forum. Guaranteed.

 

[agedman]

I am surprised that no one has mentioned Adam!!!

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, ...

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Would this not then be enough to make the prize as the most evil person in the Bible?

Seems to me that everyone else is merely following their depraved fallen down dead nature, but Adam purposely plunged every living soul into death - and caused the very Lord Jesus Christ to die "that some might be saved."

 

[Rippon]

I am surprised that no one has mentioned Adam!!!

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, ...

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Would this not then be enough to make the prize as the most evil person in the Bible?

Seems to me that everyone else is merely following their depraved fallen down dead nature, but Adam purposely plunged every living soul into death - and caused the very Lord Jesus Christ to die "that some might be saved."

Ah,so you're making Adam the Fall-guy,huh? (Pun intended.)

Seriously,if you had been the first person instead of Adam would you have done a better job?

 

[agedman]

Ah,so you're making Adam the Fall-guy,huh? (Pun intended.)

Seriously,if you had been the first person instead of Adam would you have done a better job?

I don't have a clue.

I suppose the same question could be asked about any Biblical character.

I do know that Adam "listened to the voice of (his) wife" rather than relying upon the evening talks between God and he.

I wonder how many men believers have made the same mistake?

 

[Rippon]

I wonder how many men believers have made the same mistake?

You are getting into dangerous territory with the above. I will let the women on the BB make their own observations.

So was Eve the second most evil person? Afterall,1 Tim. 2:14 says:"And Adam was not the one deceived;it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner." (NIV) Adam is the Federal Head,but Eve bears some responsibility.

 

[convicted1]

Job's wife? Anyone?

 

[convicted1]

Pharoah over Moses should rank high on this list...

 

[agedman]

You are getting into dangerous territory with the above. I will let the women on the BB make their own observations.

So was Eve the second most evil person? Afterall,1 Tim. 2:14 says:"And Adam was not the one deceived;it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner." (NIV) Adam is the Federal Head,but Eve bears some responsibility.

Eve "fell into" sin being tricked. Two results: 1) Women are to be under the authority of man and not usurp that authority. 2) Child birth pain.

Adam wasn't tricked; he heeded the wrong voice - he listened to Eve rather than God. Two results: 1) Adam died both spiritually and later physically and passed that condition upon all humankind (the result of not listening to God). 2) Ground would grudgingly give a farmer's crop (result of eating the fruit).

Eve doesn't bear responsibility other than in the two areas above.

Adam is the one who is solely responsible for death and sin being a part of every human born.

 

[Rippon]

Job's wife? Anyone?

Yeah,she said "Curse God and die." That's rather wicked. It's a shame when Job had everything and a lot more restored to him (and then some!)that the Lord didn't give him a new wife.