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," says the LORD. Yet you say, "How have you loved us?" "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says the LORD, "Yet I loved Jacob;
Hated
Genesis 29:31
The LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers who was hated;
Proverbs 13:24
One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
Matthew 10:37
He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Luke 14:26
"If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
John 12:25
He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.