25 Bible Verses about Hating Evil

The fear of Yahweh [is] hatred of evil, pride, and arrogance and an evil way. And I hate a mouth of perversity.

You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He protects the lives of his faithful; he delivers them from [the] hand of [the] wicked.

Hate evil and love good and establish justice in the gate; perhaps Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious [to] the remnant of Joseph.

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what [is] evil; be attached to what [is] good,

And you will select from all the people men of ability, fearers of God, trustworthy men, haters of [dishonest] gain, and you will appoint [such men] over them [as] commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, and commanders of tens.

From your precepts I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way.

Therefore all [your] precepts of everything I regard as right; I hate every false way.

The righteous hates a word of falsehood; the wicked will bring shame and {disgrace}.

I hate and abhor falsehood; I love your law.

I will not set before my eyes any wicked thing. I hate the work of those who fall away; it will not cling to me.

He who makes trouble for his house [is] he who is greedy for unjust gain, but he who hates bribes will live.

You love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you from among your companions [with] festive oil.

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; because of this God, your God, has anointed you with the olive oil of joy more than your companions.

The one who says not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? The one who abhors idols, do you rob temples?

For what I am doing I do not understand, because what I want [to do], this I do not practice, but what I hate, this I do.

and save others [by] snatching [them] from the fire, and have mercy on others with fear, hating even the tunic stained by the flesh.

But you do have this: that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, [things] which I also hate.

I hate [the] crowd of evildoers, and with [the] wicked I will not sit.

I hate those devoted to useless idols, but I trust Yahweh.

I see [the] treacherous and I feel disgust, because they do not heed your word.

Devising folly [is] a sin, and an abomination to humankind [is] a scoffer.

A man of injustice is an abomination to the righteous, but the {upright} is an abomination to the wicked.

Do I not hate those who hate you, O Yahweh? And do I [not] loathe those who rise up against you?

I hate them with a complete hatred; they have become my enemies.

Therefore {as I live}," {declares} the Lord Yahweh, "Certainly to blood [guilt] I will prepare you and blood will pursue; {since} {you did not hate blood}, it will pursue you.