lesser of two evils
Genesis Chapter 1:16
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Exodus Chapter 23:2
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Deuteronomy Chapter 31:17
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
Deuteronomy Chapter 31:18
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
Psalm Chapter 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
Proverbs Chapter 3:31
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Proverbs Chapter 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Isaiah Chapter 7:25
And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
Jeremiah Chapter 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Ezekiel Chapter 43:14
And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
Matthew Chapter 25:17
And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
Matthew Chapter 25:22
He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
Luke Chapter 3:19
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
John Chapter 14:1
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
John Chapter 14:2
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
John Chapter 14:3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
John Chapter 14:4
And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
John Chapter 14:5
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
John Chapter 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John Chapter 14:7
If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
John Chapter 14:8
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
John Chapter 14:9
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
John Chapter 14:10
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
John Chapter 14:11
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
John Chapter 14:12
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
John Chapter 14:13
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John Chapter 14:14
If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
John Chapter 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John Chapter 14:16
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
John Chapter 14:17
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
John Chapter 14:18
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
John Chapter 14:19
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
John Chapter 14:20
At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
John Chapter 14:21
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John Chapter 14:22
Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
John Chapter 14:23
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
John Chapter 14:24
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
John Chapter 14:25
These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
John Chapter 14:26
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John Chapter 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John Chapter 14:28
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
John Chapter 14:29
And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
John Chapter 14:30
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
John Chapter 14:31
But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
Acts Chapter 23:23
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
Romans Chapter 3:8
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
1 Corinthians Chapter 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Galatians Chapter 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
1 Thessalonians Chapter 5:22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
James Chapter 4:17
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Revelation Chapter 1:1
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: