“Evil is never done so thoroughly or so well as when it is
done with a good conscience.”
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful,
proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal,
not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of
pleasure rather than lovers of God—
having a form of godliness but
denying its power. Have nothing to do with such them.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus
will be persecuted,
while evil men and impostors will go from bad
to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
2 Timothy 3:12,13
Oh my people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.
The Lord takes his place in court; he rises to judge the people.
The Lord enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard: the plunder from the poor is in your
houses.
What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the
poor?” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
Isaiah 3: 12b-15