The word in Scripture

Malice in the Bible

The word malice appears 6 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Malice is ill will and the desire to harm. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What malice means in the Bible

Malice is ill will and the desire to harm.

Where the word malice appears

Here is every passage where the word malice appears, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”1 Corinthians 5:8

“Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.”1 Corinthians 14:20

“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”Ephesians 4:31

“But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”Colossians 3:8

“For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.”Titus 3:3

“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”1 Peter 2:1