25 Bible Verses about Hating Evil
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To fear the Lord is to hate evil.
I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,
and perverse speech.
You who love the Lord, hate evil!
He protects the lives of His godly ones;
He rescues them from the power of the wicked.
Hate evil and love good;
establish justice in the gate.
Perhaps the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be gracious
to the remnant of Joseph.
Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.
But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating bribes. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
I gain understanding from Your precepts;
therefore I hate every false way.
I will not set anything worthless before my eyes.
I hate the practice of transgression;
it will not cling to me.
The one who profits dishonestly troubles his household,
but the one who hates bribes will live.
You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy
more than your companions.
You have loved righteousness
and hated lawlessness;
this is why God, Your God,
has anointed You
with the oil of joy
rather than Your companions.
You who say, “You must not commit adultery”—do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob their temples?
For I do not understand what I am doing, because I do not practice what I want to do, but I do what I hate.
save others by snatching them from the fire; have mercy on others but with fear, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.
Yet you do have this: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
An unjust man is detestable to the righteous,
and one whose way is upright
is detestable to the wicked.
Lord, don’t I hate those who hate You,
and detest those who rebel against You?
therefore, as I live”—this is the declaration of the Lord God—“I will destine you for bloodshed, and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.
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Love must be without hypocrisy.
establish justice in the gate.
Perhaps the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be gracious
to the remnant of Joseph.
