82 Bible Verses about Hatred

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2 Samuel 13:15

Then Amnon hated her with a great hatred. And the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Get up and go.

Genesis 37:4

And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

Deuteronomy 7:15

And Jehovah will take away from you all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt which you know upon you. But He will lay them upon all who hate you.

Deuteronomy 19:11-12

But if a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and rises up against him and strikes his life from him, so that he dies, and flees to one of these cities, then the elders of his city shall send and bring him away from there and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood so that he may die.

Judges 11:7

And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Have you not hated me and thrown me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?

2 Samuel 13:22

And Absalom did not speak to his brother Amnon, neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had forced his sister Tamar.

Psalm 25:19

Look on my enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

Psalm 38:19

And my enemies are lively; they are strong; and my haters increase by deception.

Galatians 5:19-20

Now the works of the flesh are clearly revealed, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lustfulness, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, fightings, jealousies, angers, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

1 John 2:9-11

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in darkness until now. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no offense in him. But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because darkness has blinded his eyes.

1 John 3:15

Everyone hating his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has everlasting life abiding in him.

Psalm 81:15

The haters of Jehovah would have been found liars to Him, and their time would have lasted forever.

Romans 1:29-31

being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; being full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, evil habits, becoming whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, insolent, proud, braggarts, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, perfidious, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;

Exodus 20:5

You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them. For I Jehovah your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and fourth generation of those that hate me,

Deuteronomy 7:10

And He repays those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slow to repay him who hates Him. He will repay him to his face.

Deuteronomy 32:41

If I sharpen My glittering sword, and if My hand takes hold in judgment, I will give vengeance to My enemies and will reward those that hate Me.

2 Chronicles 19:2

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him. And he said to King Jehoshaphat, Should you help the ungodly and love those who hate Jehovah? And by this bring wrath on you from before Jehovah.

Proverbs 1:29

instead they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of Jehovah.

John 15:23-25

He who hates Me hates My Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no other did, they would not have had sin. But now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father. But that the Word might be fulfilled that is written in their Law, "They hated Me without a cause."

Matthew 21:46

But seeking to lay hands on Him, they feared the crowd, because they held Him for a prophet.

Matthew 26:3-4

Then the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, assembled together to the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. And they consulted so that they might take Jesus by guile and kill Him.

Matthew 27:22

Pilate said to them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all said to him, Let Him be crucified.

Luke 19:14

But his citizens hated him. And they sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this one to reign over us.

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of Jehovah. But I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Psalm 35:19

Let not those who are my lying enemies rejoice over me, those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.

Psalm 69:4

They who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they who would destroy me are mighty, my lying enemies. Then I restored what I did not take away.

Psalm 109:3-5

And they surrounded me with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. For my love they are my foes; but I am in prayer. And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Proverbs 29:10

Men of blood hate the upright; but the just seek his soul.

Isaiah 66:5

Hear the Word of Jehovah, you who tremble at His Word; your brothers who hated you, who cast you out for My name's sake, said, Let Jehovah be glorified. But He will appear to your joy, and they will be ashamed.

Matthew 24:9-10

Then they will deliver you up to be afflicted and will kill you. And you will be hated of all nations for My name's sake. And then many will be offended, and will betray one another, and will hate one another.

Mark 13:13

And you will be hated by all for My name's sake, but he enduring to the end, that one will be kept safe.

Luke 21:16-19

And you shall be betrayed also by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends. And they will cause some of you to be put to death. And you shall be hated by all for My name's sake. But there shall not a hair of your head perish.read more.
By your patience you will gain your souls.

Luke 1:69-71

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from eternity; that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall cut you off, and when they shall reproach you and shall cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

Acts 9:29

And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and argued with the Hellenists. But they seized him in order to kill him.

Acts 23:12-15

And when it became day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. And they who made this conspiracy were more than forty. And they came to the chief priests and elders and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul.read more.
Now therefore you, with the sanhedrin, inform the chiliarch that he bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you would inquire something more perfectly regarding him. And we are ready to put him to death before he comes near.

Luke 6:27-28

But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who despitefully use you.

Matthew 5:43-44

You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your 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 despitefully use you and persecute you,

Psalm 5:4-5

For You are not a God that enjoys wickedness; nor shall evil dwell with You. The foolish shall not stand in Your sight. You hate all doers of iniquity.

Proverbs 6:16-19

These six Jehovah hates; yea, seven are hateful to his soul: a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that plots wicked plans, feet hurrying to run to evil,read more.
a false witness who speaks lies, and he who causes fighting among brothers.

Isaiah 61:8

For I Jehovah love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

Deuteronomy 12:31

You shall not do so to Jehovah your God. For every abomination to Jehovah, which He hates, they have done to their gods; even their sons and their daughters they have burned in the fire to their gods.

Deuteronomy 16:21-22

You shall not set up for yourself pillars of any trees near the altar of Jehovah your God which you shall make for yourself. Nor shall you set up an image, which Jehovah your God hates.

Isaiah 1:14

Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; they are a trouble to Me; I am weary to bear them.

Jeremiah 12:8

My inheritance is to Me as a lion in the forest; it cries out against Me; therefore I have hated it.

Hosea 9:15

All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them out of My house for the wickedness of their doings. I will love them no more; all their rulers are revolters.

Zechariah 8:16-17

These are the things that you shall do. Each man speak the truth to his neighbor. Judge with truth and justice for peace in your gates. And let each devise no evil in your heart against his neighbor; and love no false oath. For all these are things that I hate, says Jehovah.

Malachi 2:16

Jehovah, the God of Israel, says He hates sending away; and to cover with violence on his garment, says Jehovah of Hosts. Then guard your spirit, and do not act treacherously.

Exodus 18:21

And you shall look 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, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Psalm 101:3

I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I have hated the work of those who turn aside; it shall not hold on to me.

Psalm 119:104

Through Your Commandments I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

Psalm 139:21

O Jehovah, do I not hate those who hate You? And am I not grieved with those who rise up against You?

Amos 5:15

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate. It may be that the Lord Jehovah of Hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Revelation 2:6

But you have this, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

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Christ » Sake, for his » Hatred

For Christ's sake » Hatred

Hatred » Examples of » Of the saints

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall cut you off, and when they shall reproach you and shall cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

Isaiah 66:5

Hear the Word of Jehovah, you who tremble at His Word; your brothers who hated you, who cast you out for My name's sake, said, Let Jehovah be glorified. But He will appear to your joy, and they will be ashamed.

More verses: Luke 21:17 1 John 3:13

Hatred » Condemned

1 John 3:15

Everyone hating his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has everlasting life abiding in him.

More verses: Leviticus 19:17

Hatred » Examples of » Of Christ

Luke 6:11

And they were filled with madness, and talked with one another as to what they might do to Jesus.

Luke 19:14

But his citizens hated him. And they sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this one to reign over us.

More verses: John 19:6

Hatred » Christ experienced

Psalm 35:19

Let not those who are my lying enemies rejoice over me, those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.

John 15:24-25

If I had not done among them the works which no other did, they would not have had sin. But now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father. But that the Word might be fulfilled that is written in their Law, "They hated Me without a cause."

Hatred » Punishment of

Psalm 44:7

But You have saved us from our enemies, and have put them to shame, those who hated us.

Psalm 89:23

And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague those who hate him.

Amos 1:11

So says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea for four, I will not turn away from it. Because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pities, and his anger tore without end, and he kept his wrath forever.

Hatred » Against iniquity, justified

Psalm 101:3

I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I have hated the work of those who turn aside; it shall not hold on to me.

Psalm 119:104

Through Your Commandments I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

Psalm 119:128

Therefore I count all Your Commandments concerning all things to be right; I hate every false way.

More verses: Psalm 139:21-22

Hatred » Forbidden

Hatred » Often cloaked by deceit

Proverbs 26:26

He whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shown before the congregation.

Hatred » We should exhibit against » False ways

Psalm 119:104

Through Your Commandments I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

Psalm 119:128

Therefore I count all Your Commandments concerning all things to be right; I hate every false way.

Hatred » Saints should » Expect

John 15:18-19

If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

Hatred » The wicked exhibit » Towards saints

Proverbs 29:10

Men of blood hate the upright; but the just seek his soul.

Psalm 25:19

Look on my enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

Hatred » We should exhibit against » Evil

Hatred » Saints should » Return good for

Exodus 23:5

If you see the ass of him who hates you lying under his burden, and would hold back from helping him, you shall surely help him.

Hatred » Exemplified » Cain

Genesis 4:5

but He did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed with anger, and his face fell.

Hatred » Examples of » Haman

Esther 9:1

And in the twelfth month, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's command and his order came to be done, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them; though it was turned around, so that the Jews had rule over the ones who hated them.

Esther 3:5-6

And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow nor worship him, then Haman was full of wrath. And he scorned to lay hands only on Mordecai, for they had revealed to him the people of Mordecai. And Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.

Hatred » Inconsistent with » The knowledge of God

1 John 2:11

But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because darkness has blinded his eyes.

Hatred » Exemplified » Enemies of the jews

Esther 9:1

And in the twelfth month, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's command and his order came to be done, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them; though it was turned around, so that the Jews had rule over the ones who hated them.

Esther 9:5

And the Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would to those who hated them.

Hatred » Of God

Malachi 2:16

Jehovah, the God of Israel, says He hates sending away; and to cover with violence on his garment, says Jehovah of Hosts. Then guard your spirit, and do not act treacherously.

Hatred » Examples of » The jews

Acts 23:12

And when it became day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Hatred » Leads to deceit

Proverbs 26:24-25

He who hates pretends with his lips and stores up deceit within him. When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him; for seven hateful things are in his heart.

Hatred » We should exhibit against » Hatred and opposition to God

Psalm 139:21-22

O Jehovah, do I not hate those who hate You? And am I not grieved with those who rise up against You? I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.

Hatred » Exemplified » saul

1 Samuel 18:8-9

And Saul was very angry, and this thing was evil in his eyes. And he said, They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given only thousands. And what more can he have but the kingdom? And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

Hatred » Give no cause for

Hatred » Stirs up strife

Hatred » Embitters life

Hatred » Liars prone to

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Hatred » A work of the flesh

Hatred » Exemplified » Esau

Hatred » Examples of » Esau

Hatred » We should exhibit against » Lying

Hatred » Exemplified » Enemies of daniel

Daniel 6:4-15

Then the presidents and rulers sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom. But they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. Neither 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 rulers assembled to the king, and said this to him: King Darius, live forever. read more.
All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, and the officials and governors, have planned together to establish a royal law, and to make a strong ban that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except from you, O king, he shall be thrown into the den of lions. Now, O king, establish the ban and sign the writing, so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians which cannot be changed. Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the ban. And when he had learned that the document was signed, Daniel went to his house. And his windows were open in his roof room toward Jerusalem; and he kneeled on his knees three times a day and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before. Then these men assembled and found Daniel praying and confessing before his God. Then they came near and spoke before the king concerning the king's ban, Have you not signed a ban that every man who shall ask a petition of any god or man within thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the lion's den? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed. Then they answered and said before the king, Daniel, who is of the exiled sons of Judah, has not respected you, O king, nor the ban that you have signed, but makes his prayer three times a day. Then the king, when he heard the word, was very much displeased with himself. And he set his heart on Daniel to deliver him. And he labored until sundown to deliver him. Then these men met before the king and said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that no ban nor law which the king establishes may be changed.

Hatred » Saints should » Not rejoice in the calamities of those who exhibit

Job 31:29-30

If I rejoiced at the ruin of my hater, and I was excited when evil found him; also I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;

Hatred » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren

Genesis 37:4

And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

Hatred » Exemplified » Haman

Esther 3:5-6

And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow nor worship him, then Haman was full of wrath. And he scorned to lay hands only on Mordecai, for they had revealed to him the people of Mordecai. And Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.

Hatred » Exemplified » Ahab

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of Jehovah. But I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Hatred » Examples of » Joseph's brethren

Genesis 37:4

And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

Hatred » Examples of » Herodias

Mark 6:18-19

and John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife. And Herodias held it against him, and desired to kill him, but she could not.

Hatred » Examples of » Ahab

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of Jehovah. But I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Hatred » We should exhibit against » Backsliding

Psalm 101:3

I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I have hated the work of those who turn aside; it shall not hold on to me.

Hatred » The wicked exhibit » Towards God

Hatred » Inconsistent with » The love of God

Hatred » Saints should » Not marvel at

Hatred » Exemplified » Men of gilead

Judges 11:7

And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Have you not hated me and thrown me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?

Hatred » Is murder

1 John 3:15

Everyone hating his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has everlasting life abiding in him.

Hatred » The wicked exhibit » Towards each other

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Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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Strife » Causes of » Hatred

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