Boanerges

This may well be another case of contextual useage Mike.

Exo 32:14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
In this sentence the proper useage would be defined as

adversity, affliction, bad, calamity

Jos 23:15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

1Sa 16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
1Sa 16:15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

2Sa 12:11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

2Ki 6:33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

Psa 34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

There are literally dozens of scriptures such as these and while most seem to support judgement ,calamity and disaster this does not explain the following:

A- evil existed before mankind

Gen 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.


B- more importantly nothing was made that wasn't made by Him

Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

I do not pretend to see evil in a most holy God but I must recognize that His Word delcares He created EVERYTHING. God uses many tools for revealing His will, the presence of evil tests mens hearts and brings them to the valley of decision.