Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Jacob
Bible References
Jacob
Malachi 1:2
I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob,
Hated
Genesis 29:31
And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and one hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and the firstborn son be hers that was hated;
Proverbs 13:24
He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
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 come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;
John 12:25
He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.