The word evil has several meanings in scripture. Evil is that which is corrupt, undesirable, bad, worthless, ugly, and painful … Evil is that which flows spontaneously from the heart of fallen people, the “works of the flesh” (Galatians 5:19–21); it is the natural workings of the natural man, the enemy of God (Mosiah 3:19). The brother of Jared confessed in prayer that “because of the fall our natures have become evil continually” (Ether 3:2). Modern revelation teaches us that wicked men “love darkness . . . because their deeds are evil” (D&C 10:21).