Synonyms for vice include fault, sin, depravity, iniquity, wickedness, and corruption. Ashrams become devoid of wickedness and deceit. From this point on we find sinners who acted out of malice and wickedness. "Thelma" is a saga of deceit, magic, retribution and the triumph of love over wickedness. Common law malice consisted of "ill-will" or "wickedness". Thomas Aquinas taught that "absolutely speaking, the sin surpasses the vice in wickedness". Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. God's intervention has saved humanity from the Fall of Adam and the wickedness of Satan. Zion therefore stands in contrast to proverbial Babylon, where wickedness, disunity, and poverty prevail. This covenant is appealed to as God preserves David's descendants despite their wickedness ("cf". Matthew appears to present Jesus as equating wickedness with encouraging antinomianism. Because of his wickedness, Er was killed by God. In short, the weak "hate not wickedness" but themselves for being weak. The Bible speaks of this era as being a time of great wickedness. Douglass vowed to always speak out against "the wickedness of spreading infection".