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of Belial

Belial \Be"li*al\, n. [Heb. beli ya'al; beli without + ya'al profit.] An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil.

What concord hath Christ with Belia ?
--2 Cor. vi. 15.

A son (or man) of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person.
--1 Sam. ii. 12.

Usage examples of "of belial".

What had at first simply been a light-hearted kiss had deepened until Azhure had pulled back, afraid not of Belial, but of her own enjoyment.

Though, speaking without prejudice and with no wish to be offensive, if I had had a model who wasn't a weak-kneed, jelly-backboned son of Belial, I could have got the darned thing finished without having to have another sitting.

You misguided son of Belial, are you under the impression that -I- painted that thing?

If it is any satisfaction to thee I will heartily promise to bring thee news if I hear anything of the man of Belial.

But others, including many humbler dignitaries of the Church, were more or less scandalized, and said that the workman had informed these figures with the visible likeness of his own vices, to the glory of Belial rather than of God, and had thus perpetrated a sort of blasphemy.

Axis kept forcing the sight of Belial's assaulted form lying senseless on the floor into his mind.

Azhure sat, close to tears, thinking of Axis' agony, and of Belial's agony watching him suffer.

Her own eyes glinted with tears, for the strength of Belial's despair gave her some idea of the depth of Axis' own nightmare.

The longer you study modern history, the more evidence you find of Belial's Guiding Hand.

The power of Belial is mere occlusion, hiding the real world, and if you attack the real world, as you have come to Earth to do, then you will destroy beauty and kindness and charm.

I nearly tore the door off its hinges on my way out of Belial’.