Genesis 37:4

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Summary

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

Hated him

General references

Genesis 49:23

Mark 3:25

Bible References

Hated him

Now Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him even more.

but for Cain and his offering He had no respect. So Cain became extremely angry (indignant), and he looked annoyed and hostile.

So 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 very near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

“The [skilled] archers have bitterly attacked and provoked him;
They have shot [at him] and harassed him.

So Jesse sent word and brought him in. Now he had a ruddy complexion, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. The Lord said [to Samuel], “Arise, anoint him; for this is he.”

Now Eliab his oldest brother heard what he said to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David and he said, “Why have you come down here? With whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption (overconfidence) and the evil of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle.”

But my [numerous] enemies are vigorous and strong,
And those who hate me without cause are many.

Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully;
I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

So His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples [there] may also see the works that You do.

“If the world hates you [and it does], know that it has hated Me before it hated you.

For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and pleasures, spending and wasting our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

But the one who habitually hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is in [spiritual] darkness and is walking in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are clearly identified: anyone who does not practice righteousness [who does not seek God’s will in thought, action, and purpose] is not of God, nor is the one who does not [unselfishly] love his [believing] brother.

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates (works against) his [Christian] brother he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

General references

“The [skilled] archers have bitterly attacked and provoked him;
They have shot [at him] and harassed him.

And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.