25 Bible Verses about Hating Evil
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The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.
You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked.
Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the Lord, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on those who are left from Joseph.
Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.
But you choose from the people capable men, God-fearing, men of truth, those who hate bribes, and put them over the people as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Your precepts give me discernment. Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.
For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. I hate all deceitful actions.
The righteous person hates anything false, but the wicked person acts in shameful disgrace.
I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.
The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.
You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing."
You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
For I don't understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want -- instead, I do what I hate.
save others by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy on others, coupled with a fear of God, hating even the clothes stained by the flesh.
But you do have this going for you: You hate what the Nicolaitans practice -- practices I also hate.
I take note of the treacherous and despise them, because they do not keep your instructions.
An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.
O Lord, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you?
Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will subject you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.
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Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.
Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the Lord, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on those who are left from Joseph.
