82 Bible Verses about Hatred
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Then Amnon hated her with exceedingly great hatred, for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Arise, be gone.
For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other.
And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. And they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
And LORD will take away from thee all sickness. And none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou know, will he put upon thee, but will lay them upon all those who hate thee.
But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises up against him, and smites him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities, then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did ye not hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? And why have ye come to me now when ye are in distress?
And Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
Consider my enemies, for they are many. And they hate me with cruel hatred.
But my enemies are energetic, [and] are strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
And then many will be caused to stumble, and they will betray each other and will hate each other.
Now the works of the flesh are apparent, which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, wraths, selfish ambitions, dissentions, factions,
He who claims to be in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and no cause of stumbling is in him. But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Every man hating his brother is a man-killer. And ye know that no man-killer has eternal life abiding in him.
If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
having been filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; being gossips, slanderous, God-hating, aggressors, arrogant boasters, contrivers of evil things, disobedient to parents; without understanding, untrustworthy, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful.
Thou shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for I, LORD thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of those who hate me,
and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face.
if I whet my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense those who hate me.
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Should thou help the wicked, and love those who hate LORD? For this thing wrath is upon thee from before LORD.
because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD.
For every man who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed.
He who hates me hates my Father also. If I had not done among them the works that no other man has done, they would not have had sin, but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. But, that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled, They hated me without cause.
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is hatred of God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as him from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
But when they went out, the Pharisees held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.
And when they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him as a prophet.
Then the chief priests, and the scholars, and the elders of the people, assembled together to the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, and they deliberated so that they might take Jesus by trickery, and kill him.
Pilate says to them, What then shall I do to Jesus who is called Christ? They all say to him, He should be crucified.
But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy behind him, saying, We do not want this man to reign over us.
I have given them thy word, and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the kin
And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.
Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me. Neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who would cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. That which I took not away I have to restore.
They have also encompassed me about with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. For my love they are my adversaries, but I [make] prayer. And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Bloodthirsty men hate him who is perfect, but the upright seek his soul.
Hear the word of LORD, ye who tremble at his word: Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name's sake, have said, Let LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy. But it is those who shall be put to shame.
Then they will deliver you up for tribulation, and will kill you, and ye will be hated by all the nations because of my name. And then many will be caused to stumble, and they will betray each other and will hate each other.
And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.
And ye will be betrayed even by parents, and kinsmen, and friends, and brothers. And some of you they will condemn to death. And ye will be hated by all men because of my name. And, no, not a hair of your head will perish.read more.
In your perseverance ye gain your souls.
And he raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his boy David, just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us,
Blessed are ye, when men will hate you, and when they will exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of man.
And when it became day, some of the Jews, having made a conspiracy, put themselves under a curse, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they would kill Paul. And there were more than forty who made this conspiracy, who, having come near to the chief priests and the elders, said, We have put ourselves under a curse, a curse to taste of nothing until we would kill Paul.read more.
Now therefore ye with the council report to the chief captain that tomorrow he may bring him down to you, as though going to inquire more accurately the things about him. And we, before he comes near, are prepared to kill him.
But I say to you, to those who hear, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you.
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
For thou are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil shall not sojourn with thee. The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight. Thou hate all workers of iniquity.
There are six things which LORD hates, yea, seven which are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,read more.
a FALSE witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
For I, LORD, love justice. I hate robbery with iniquity. And I will give them their recompense in truth. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Thou shall not do so to LORD thy God. For every abomination to LORD, which he hates, they have done to their gods, for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.
Thou shall not plant for thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of LORD thy God, which thou shall make for thee. Neither shall thou set up a pillar for thee, which LORD thy God hates.
LORD tries the righteous man, but his soul hates the wicked man and him who loves violence.
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates. They are a trouble to me. I am weary of bearing them.
My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest. She has uttered her voice against me. Therefore I have hated her.
All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more. All their rulers are rebels.
These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates. And let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no FALSE oath. For all these are things that I hate, says LORD.
For I hate putting away, says LORD, the God of Israel, and him who covers his garment with violence, says LORD of hosts. Therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
The fear of LORD is to hate evil. Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Love without hypocrisy, abhorring what is evil, clinging to what is good,
Moreover thou shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain, and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens,
O ye who love LORD, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his sanctified. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
I will set no base thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who turn aside. It shall not cleave to me.
Through thy precepts I get understanding. Therefore I hate every FALSE way.
Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate thee? And am I not grieved with those who rise up against thee?
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate. It may be that LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Thou have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. Because of this, God, thy God, anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
Thou have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
But this thou have, that thou hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
From Thematic Bible
Christ » Sake, for his » Hatred
And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.
For Christ's sake » Hatred
And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.
Hatred » Examples of » Of the saints
Then they will deliver you up for tribulation, and will kill you, and ye will be hated by all the nations because of my name.
If ye were of the world, the world would love its own, but because ye are not of the world (instead I chose you out of the world), because of this the world hates you.
Blessed are ye, when men will hate you, and when they will exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of man.
I have given them thy word, and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Hear the word of LORD, ye who tremble at his word: Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name's sake, have said, Let LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy. But it is those who shall be put to shame.
Hatred » Condemned
Every man hating his brother is a man-killer. And ye know that no man-killer has eternal life abiding in him.
If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
Hatred » Examples of » Of Christ
But they were filled with fury, and deliberated with each other what they might do to Jesus.
But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy behind him, saying, We do not want this man to reign over us.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
But, that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled, They hated me without cause.
Hatred » Christ experienced
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me. Neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
If I had not done among them the works that no other man has done, they would not have had sin, but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. But, that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled, They hated me without cause.
Hatred » Punishment of
But thou have saved us from our adversaries, and have put them to shame who hate us.
And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite those who hate him,
Thus says LORD: For three transgressions of Edom, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it, because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity. And his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath
Hatred » Against iniquity, justified
I will set no base thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who turn aside. It shall not cleave to me.
Through thy precepts I get understanding. Therefore I hate every FALSE way.
O ye who love LORD, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his sanctified. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Therefore I esteem all precepts concerning all [things] to be right. I hate every FALSE way.
Hatred » Forbidden
But now ye also, put off all these things: anger, wrath, wickedness, reviling, filthy speaking out of your mouth.
Thou shall not hate thy brother in thy heart. Thou shall surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
Hatred » Often cloaked by deceit
Though [his] hatred cover itself with guile, his wickedness shall be openly shown before the assembly.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » False ways
Through thy precepts I get understanding. Therefore I hate every FALSE way.
Therefore I esteem all precepts concerning all [things] to be right. I hate every FALSE way.
Hatred » Saints should » Expect
And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.
If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own, but because ye are not of the world (instead I chose you out of the world), because of this the world hates you.
Hatred » The wicked exhibit » Towards saints
Bloodthirsty men hate him who is perfect, but the upright seek his soul.
Consider my enemies, for they are many. And they hate me with cruel hatred.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Evil
The fear of LORD is to hate evil. Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
O ye who love LORD, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his sanctified. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Hatred » Saints should » Return good for
If thou see the donkey of him who hates thee lying under his burden, thou shall refrain leaving him. Thou shall surely release [it] with him.
But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
Hatred » Exemplified » Cain
And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him.
but he did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
Hatred » Examples of » Haman
Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them
And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down, nor did him reverence, then Haman was full of wrath. But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai
Hatred » Inconsistent with » The knowledge of God
But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Hatred » Exemplified » Enemies of the jews
Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them
And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those who hated them.
Hatred » Of God
Thou have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
For I hate putting away, says LORD, the God of Israel, and him who covers his garment with violence, says LORD of hosts. Therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Hatred » Examples of » The jews
For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other.
And when it became day, some of the Jews, having made a conspiracy, put themselves under a curse, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they would kill Paul.
Hatred » Leads to deceit
He who hates masquerades with his lips, but he lays up deceit within him. When he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Hatred and opposition to God
Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate thee? And am I not grieved with those who rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
Hatred » Exemplified » saul
And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him, and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands, and what can he have more but the kingdom? And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
Hatred » Give no cause for
Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.
Hatred » Stirs up strife
Hatred » Embitters life
Hatred » Liars prone to
A lying tongue hates those whom it has wounded, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Hatred » A work of the flesh
idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, wraths, selfish ambitions, dissentions, factions,
Hatred » Exemplified » Esau
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.
Hatred » Examples of » Esau
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Lying
Hatred » Exemplified » Enemies of daniel
Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no occasion nor fault, inasmuch as he was faithful, nor was there any error or fault found in him. Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God. Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus to him: King Darius, live forever. read more.
All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god o Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter. Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict. And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he knelt upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he d Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's interdict. Have thou not signed an interdict, that every man who shall make petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to thee, O king, shall be cast i Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the sons of the captivity of Judah, does not regard thee, O king, nor the interdict that thou have signed, but makes his petition three times a day. Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him. And he labored till the going down of the sun to rescue him. Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.
Hatred » Saints should » Not rejoice in the calamities of those who exhibit
if I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him (yea, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);
Hatred » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren
And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. And they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
Hatred » Exemplified » Haman
And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down, nor did him reverence, then Haman was full of wrath. But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai
Hatred » Exemplified » Ahab
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the kin
Hatred » Examples of » Joseph's brethren
And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. And they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
Hatred » Examples of » Herodias
For John said to Herod, It is not permitted for thee to have thy brother's wife. And Herodias was resentful toward him, and wanted to kill him. And she could not,
Hatred » Examples of » Ahab
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the kin
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Backsliding
I will set no base thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who turn aside. It shall not cleave to me.
Hatred » The wicked exhibit » Towards God
being gossips, slanderous, God-hating, aggressors, arrogant boasters, contrivers of evil things, disobedient to parents;
Hatred » Inconsistent with » The love of God
If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
Hatred » Saints should » Not marvel at
Hatred » Exemplified » Men of gilead
And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did ye not hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? And why have ye come to me now when ye are in distress?
Hatred » Is murder
Every man hating his brother is a man-killer. And ye know that no man-killer has eternal life abiding in him.
Hatred » The wicked exhibit » Towards each other
For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other.
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Hatred
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.
for Jesus' sake » Hatred
And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.
Lying » Leads to » Hatred
A lying tongue hates those whom it has wounded, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Strife » Excited by » Hatred
Strife » Causes of » Hatred
Suffering for Christ's sake » Some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Hatred
And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Hatred
And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.
Topics on Hatred
Dishonesty, God's Hatred Of
Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are an abomination to LORD, but those who deal truly are his delight.
Hatred Between Relatives
Genesis 4:9And LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?
Satanic Hatred
1 John 3:12Not as Cain. He was of the wicked, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were wrong, and his brother's right.