Romans 9:13
As it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I regarded inferior.
Malachi 1:2-3
I have loved you, says LORD. Yet ye say, How have thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother, says LORD. Yet I loved Jacob,
Genesis 29:31
And LORD saw that Leah was regarded inferior, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
Genesis 29:33
And she conceived again, and bore a son, and said, Because LORD has heard that I am regarded inferior, he has therefore given me this [son] also. And she called his name Simeon.
Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man has two wives, the one beloved, and the other regarded inferior, and they have borne him sons, both the beloved and the one regarded inferior, and if the first-born son be hers who was regarded inferior,
Proverbs 13:24
He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him chastens him promptly.
Matthew 10:37
He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.
Luke 14:26
If any man comes to me, and does not regard as inferior his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and besides his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
John 12:25
He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.