Romans 12:21

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Romans 12

4 songs meet this passage

  • “We didn't light it, but we tried to fight it”

    We Didn't Start the Fire · Billy Joel

    strains against Romans 12:21

    Paul calls believers to actively overcome evil with good, whereas the song's posture is more weary resignation than active hope-filled resistance.

  • Go To Hell, For Heaven's Sake · Bring Me The Horizon

    strains against Romans 12:19-21

    Paul calls believers to leave vengeance entirely to God and instead to overcome evil with good. The song's hunger to watch someone choke on the damage they caused runs directly against this posture.

  • “I take the blame for your enemies”

    Enemies · Amir Obe

    strains against Romans 12:19-21

    Taking blame for jealousy and enemies sounds like sacrifice, but it's framed as part of a cycle rather than the overcoming of evil with good Paul calls for.

  • DNA. · Kendrick Lamar

    strains against Romans 12:19-21

    The song's closing drift toward fate, destruction, and vengeance as inevitable stands against the call to overcome evil with good rather than let violence have the last word.

Elsewhere in Romans 12