Micah 3:2

But his countrymen hated him, and they sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man made king over us.'

It is impossible for the world to hate you, but it does hate me for testifying that its ways are wrong.

If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first.

Whoever hates me hates my Father also.

Then they shouted back, "No! Not him, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

You stubborn people, with heathen hearts and ears, you are always opposing the holy Spirit, just as your forefathers did!

They know God's decree that those who act in this way deserve to die, yet they not only do it, but applaud any who do.

Your love must be genuine. You must hate what is wrong, and hold to what is right.

unfeeling, irreconcilable, slanderous, with no self-control, brutal, with no love for what is good,

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Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;