25 Bible Verses about Hating Evil

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Respect for Jehovah means to hate evil. I hate: pride, and arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

You who love Jehovah hate evil! He preserves his anointed ones. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

Hate evil, and love good! Establish justice in the gate. It may be that Jehovah, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil and cling to good.

You should choose capable men from all the people. Find men who respect God. These must be men you can trust who hate corruption. Put them in charge of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

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I get understanding from your precepts. Therefore I hate every false way.

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That is why I esteem right all your precepts and I hate every false way.

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A righteous man hates lying. A wicked man is loathsome and shameful.

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I hate and despise falsehood and I love your law.

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I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of unfaithful people. I want no part of it.

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He who is greedy of gain troubles his own house. But he who hates gifts will live.

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You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, Your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy above your fellows.

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You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness more than your companions.

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You who say man should not commit adultery do you commit adultery? You who abhors idols do you rob temples?

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I do not understand what I am doing. For what I want to do I do not do. What I hate, I do.

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Save some, snatch them out of the fire. Have mercy on some with alarm. Hate even the garment defiled (polluted) by the flesh.

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Yet you have this in your favor: you hate the deeds of the sect of Nicolaus just as I hate their deeds.

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I hate the assembly of evildoers and will not sit with wicked people.

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I hate those who cling to false gods, but I do trust in Jehovah.

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I behold the treacherous and loathe because they do not keep your word.

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The thought of foolishness is sin. The mocker is an abomination to men.

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An unjust man is an abomination (disgusting) to the righteous. He who is upright in the way is an abomination (detestable) to the wicked.

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Do I not hate those who hate You, O Jehovah? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?

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I hate them with the utmost hatred! They have become my enemies.

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Therefore as I live, declares the Lord Jehovah: I will give you over to bloodshed (death), and bloodshed (death) will pursue you. Since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you.