82 Bible Verses about Hatred
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Then Amnon greatly despised her. His disdain toward her surpassed the love he had previously felt toward her. Amnon said to her, "Get up and leave!"
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.
When Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.
The Lord will protect you from all sickness, and you will not experience any of the terrible diseases that you knew in Egypt; instead he will inflict them on all those who hate you.
However, suppose a person hates someone else and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, and then flees to one of these cities. The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.
Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, "But you hated me and made me leave my father's house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?"
But Absalom said nothing to Amnon, either bad or good, yet Absalom hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar.
Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.
But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; those who hate me without cause outnumber me.
Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.
Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity, idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions,
The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness. The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Everyone who hates his fellow Christian is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.
If anyone says "I love God" and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)
They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents, senseless, covenant-breakers, heartless, ruthless.
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
but who pays back those who hate him as they deserve and destroys them. He will not ignore those who hate him but will repay them as they deserve!
I will sharpen my lightning-like sword, and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment; I will execute vengeance on my foes, and repay those who hate me!
the prophet Jehu son of Hanani confronted him; he said to King Jehoshaphat, "Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the Lord? Because you have done this the Lord is angry with you!
Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the Lord,
For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.
The one who hates me hates my Father too. If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father. Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without reason.'
Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.
He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him.
They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
Pilate said to them, "Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?" They all said, "Crucify him!"
But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, "There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord's will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not say such things."
And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Do not let those who are my enemies for no reason gloat over me! Do not let those who hate me without cause carry out their wicked schemes!
Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!
They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason. They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray. They repay me evil for good, and hate for love.
Bloodthirsty people hate someone with integrity; as for the upright, they seek his life.
Hear the word of the Lord, you who respect what he has to say! Your countrymen, who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name, say, "May the Lord be glorified, then we will witness your joy." But they will be put to shame.
The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.
"Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name. Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.
You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death. You will be hated by everyone because of my name. Yet not a hair of your head will perish.read more.
By your endurance you will gain your lives.
For he has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago, that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us.
"Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!
He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.
When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul. There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy. They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, "We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul.read more.
So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place."
"But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor' and 'hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,
Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you. Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who behave wickedly.
There are six things that the Lord hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,read more.
a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.
For I, the Lord, love justice and hate robbery and sin. I will repay them because of my faithfulness; I will make a permanent covenant with them.
You must not worship the Lord your God the way they do! For everything that is abhorrent to him, everything he hates, they have done when worshiping their gods. They even burn up their sons and daughters before their gods!
You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the Lord your God which you build for yourself. You must not erect a sacred pillar, a thing the Lord your God detests.
The Lord approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.
I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies; they are a burden that I am tired of carrying.
The people I call my own have turned on me like a lion in the forest. They have roared defiantly at me. So I will treat them as though I hate them.
Because of all their evil in Gilgal, I hate them there. On account of their evil deeds, I will drive them out of my land. I will no longer love them; all their rulers are rebels.
These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts. Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath -- these are all things that I hate,' says the Lord."
"I hate divorce," says the Lord God of Israel, "and the one who is guilty of violence," says the Lord who rules over all. "Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful."
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.
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.
You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked.
I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.
Your precepts give me discernment. Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.
O Lord, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you?
The righteous person hates anything false, but the wicked person acts in shameful disgrace.
Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox where there is hatred.
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.
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing."
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.
But you do have this going for you: You hate what the Nicolaitans practice -- practices I also hate.
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Christ » Sake, for his » Hatred
And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
For Christ's sake » Hatred
And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Hatred » Examples of » Of the saints
"Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.
If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.
"Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
Hear the word of the Lord, you who respect what he has to say! Your countrymen, who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name, say, "May the Lord be glorified, then we will witness your joy." But they will be put to shame.
Hatred » Condemned
The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.
Everyone who hates his fellow Christian is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.
Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox where there is hatred.
If anyone says "I love God" and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Hatred » Examples of » Of Christ
But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus.
But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.
Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without reason.'
Hatred » Christ experienced
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.
Do not let those who are my enemies for no reason gloat over me! Do not let those who hate me without cause carry out their wicked schemes!
If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father. Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without reason.'
Hatred » Punishment of
I will crush his enemies before him; I will strike down those who hate him.
This is what the Lord says: "Because Edom has committed three crimes -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. He chased his brother with a sword; he wiped out his allies. In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.
Hatred » Against iniquity, justified
I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.
Your precepts give me discernment. Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.
You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked.
For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. I hate all deceitful actions.
Hatred » Forbidden
But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.
You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.
Hatred » Often cloaked by deceit
The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.
Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » False ways
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.
Hatred » Saints should » Expect
And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
"If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.
Hatred » The wicked exhibit » Towards saints
Bloodthirsty people hate someone with integrity; as for the upright, they seek his life.
Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Evil
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.
Hatred » Saints should » Return good for
If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen under its load, you must not ignore him, but be sure to help him with it.
But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,
Hatred » Exemplified » Cain
Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast.
Hatred » Examples of » Haman
In the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar), on its thirteenth day, the edict of the king and his law were to be executed. It was on this day that the enemies of the Jews had supposed that they would gain power over them. But contrary to expectations, the Jews gained power over their enemies.
When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing or paying homage to him, he was filled with rage. But the thought of striking out against Mordecai alone was repugnant to him, for he had been informed of the identity of Mordecai's people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews (that is, the people of Mordecai) who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Hatred » Inconsistent with » The knowledge of God
But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.
Hatred » Exemplified » Enemies of the jews
In the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar), on its thirteenth day, the edict of the king and his law were to be executed. It was on this day that the enemies of the Jews had supposed that they would gain power over them. But contrary to expectations, the Jews gained power over their enemies.
The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, bringing death and destruction, and they did as they pleased with their enemies.
Hatred » Of God
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.
"I hate divorce," says the Lord God of Israel, "and the one who is guilty of violence," says the Lord who rules over all. "Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful."
Hatred » Examples of » The jews
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.
When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.
Hatred » Leads to deceit
The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him. When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Hatred and opposition to God
O Lord, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you? I absolutely hate them, they have become my enemies!
Hatred » Exemplified » saul
This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought, "They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?" So Saul was keeping an eye on David from that day onward.
Hatred » Give no cause for
Don't set foot too frequently in your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.
Hatred » Stirs up strife
Hatred » Embitters life
Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox where there is hatred.
Hatred » Liars prone to
A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Hatred » A work of the flesh
idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions,
Hatred » Exemplified » Esau
So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately, "The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!"
Hatred » Examples of » Esau
So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately, "The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!"
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Lying
Hatred » Exemplified » Enemies of daniel
Consequently the supervisors and satraps were trying to find some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption. So these men concluded, "We won't find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is in connection with the law of his God." So these supervisors and satraps came by collusion to the king and said to him, "O King Darius, live forever! read more.
To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions. Now let the king issue a written interdict so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed. So King Darius issued the written interdict. When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously. Then those officials who had gone to the king came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God. So they approached the king and said to him, "Did you not issue an edict to the effect that for the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than to you, O king, would be thrown into a den of lions?" The king replied, "That is correct, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed." Then they said to the king, "Daniel, who is one of the captives from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer." When the king heard this, he was very upset and began thinking about how he might rescue Daniel. Until late afternoon he was struggling to find a way to rescue him. Then those men came by collusion to the king and said to him, "Recall, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed."
Hatred » Saints should » Not rejoice in the calamities of those who exhibit
If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him -- I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse --
Hatred » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren
When Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.
Hatred » Exemplified » Haman
When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing or paying homage to him, he was filled with rage. But the thought of striking out against Mordecai alone was repugnant to him, for he had been informed of the identity of Mordecai's people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews (that is, the people of Mordecai) who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Hatred » Exemplified » Ahab
The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, "There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord's will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not say such things."
Hatred » Examples of » Joseph's brethren
When Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.
Hatred » Examples of » Herodias
For John had repeatedly told Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not
Hatred » Examples of » Ahab
The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, "There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord's will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not say such things."
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Backsliding
I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.
Hatred » The wicked exhibit » Towards God
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents,
Hatred » Inconsistent with » The love of God
If anyone says "I love God" and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Hatred » Saints should » Not marvel at
Hatred » Exemplified » Men of gilead
Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, "But you hated me and made me leave my father's house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?"
Hatred » Is murder
Everyone who hates his fellow Christian is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.
Hatred » The wicked exhibit » Towards each other
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Hatred
So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately, "The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!"
for Jesus' sake » Hatred
And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Lying » Leads to » Hatred
A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, 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 you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Hatred
And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Topics on Hatred
Dishonesty, God's Hatred Of
Proverbs 12:22The Lord abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.
Hatred Between Relatives
Genesis 4:9Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" And he replied, "I don't know! Am I my brother's guardian?"
Satanic Hatred
1 John 3:12not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother's were righteous.