24 Bible Verses about Hating Evil

The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners.

Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.

Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.

But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;

Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.

Because of it I keep straight in all things by your orders; and I am a hater of every false way.

The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law.

He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.

You who say that a man may not be untrue to his wife, are you true to yours? you who are a hater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God?

And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do.

And to some give salvation, pulling them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the clothing which is made unclean by the flesh.

But at least you have the credit of hating the works of the Nicolaitans, as I do.

I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.

I saw with hate those who were untrue to you; for they did not keep your saying.

The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.

An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?

My hate for them is complete; my thoughts of them are as if they were making war on me.

For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have been sinning through blood, blood will come after you.