# G4190 πονηρός

πονηρός (ponērós), Strong’s G4190: hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from G2556 (κακός), which refers rather to essential character, as well as from… KJV: bad…

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*ponērós* — hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from G2556 (κακός), which refers rather to essential character, as well as from…

KJV: bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked(-ness)

Derived from [πόνος pónos](https://besorah.bible/word/G4192) (toil)

Occurs 434 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 5:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=11) — “Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
- [Matthew 5:37](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=37) — But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
- [Matthew 5:39](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=39) — But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
- [Matthew 5:45](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=45) — that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and…
- [Matthew 6:13](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/6?v=13) — Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory…
- [Matthew 6:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/6?v=23) — But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness…
- [Matthew 7:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/7?v=11) — If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven…
- [Matthew 7:17](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/7?v=17) — Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
- [Matthew 7:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/7?v=18) — A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
- [Matthew 9:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/9?v=4) — Yeshua, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?