Swedenborg several times associates the “wicked” with “malevolence,” defines “malevolence” as “destroying good, interior and exterior,” and says that the wicked do this by disowning the desire for good and understanding for good that come from the Lord and actively denying the Lord.

We might say, then, that wickedness is evil on the hunt, looking for all that is good and true specifically so it can attack and destroy it.

(Препратки: Apocalypse Explained 661; Arcana Coelestia 7590, 9249, 9264)

When the Bible talks about "feeding" it is generally referring to instruction in spiritual things -- teaching people the true concepts that can lead them to do what is good.

In Revelation 7:17, this signifies to teach. (Arcana Coelestia 5147, Apocalypse Revealed 383)

(Препратки: Apocalypse Explained 9, 482; Apocalypse Revealed 547; Arcana Coelestia 5201, 10609)