Isaiah 9

Isaiah 9:18

For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns;
It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.

This is a good description of wrongdoing.  (He used the term wickedness, but that tends to overemphasize things I want to generalize).  Comparing it to a fire gives a very good picture, which anyone can relate to.

It consumes everything, whether you want it to or not.  Even the things it does not consume, it can damage to the point of uselessness.  What is left afterwards is nothing but a bad smell and damage to yourself.  And it can consume you too, given opportunity.