22 Bible Verses about People Being Hated

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me, and made me to be abhorred of them. I am so fast in prison that I cannot get forth.

Thus they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my good will.

They compass me about with words of hatred, and fight against me without a cause.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death.

Consider mine enemies, how many they are; and they bear a tyrannous hate against me.

All mine enemies whisper together against me; even against me do they imagine this evil.

And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, "Get thee in unto thy father's concubines which he hath left to keep the house. For when all Israel shall hear that thou hast made thy father to stink, then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong."

Mine own wife may not abide my breath, I was fain to speak fair for the children of mine own body.

Hear the word of God, all ye that fear the thing which he speaketh. Your brethren that hate you, and cast you out for my name's sake, say "Let the LORD magnify himself, that we may see your gladness," and yet they shall be confounded.

Because thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee glorious for ever and ever; and joyful throughout all posterities.

Behold, I will stretch out mine hand over thee, and will diminish thy store of food, and deliver thee over into the wiles of the Philistines thine enemies, which are ashamed of thy abominable way.

Behold therefore, I will gather together all thy lovers, unto whom thou hast made thy self common. Yea, and all them whom thou favourest, and euery one that thou hatest: and will uncover thy shame before them, that they all may see thy filthiness.

Which shall deal cruelly with thee: All thy labour shall they take with them, and leave thee naked and bare, and thus the shame of thy filthy whoredom shall come to light.

and ye shall be hated of all men, for my name: but he that shall endureth unto the end, shall be saved.

Then shall they put you to trouble, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake:

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. But whosoever shall endure unto the end, the same shall be safe.

And hated shall ye be of all men for my name's sake.

Blessed are ye when men hate you, and thrust you out of their company, and rail on you, and abhor your name, as an evil thing, for the son of man's sake.

"If the world hate you, ye know that he hated me before he hated you.

I have given them thy words, and the world hath hated them: because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Marvel not, my brethren, though the world hate you.

If ye were of the world, the world would love his own. Howbeit, because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore hateth you the world.