82 Bible Verses about Hatred
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And Amnon hated her with an exceeding great hatred, for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Arise, be gone.
For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.
and Jehovah will take away from thee all sickness, and none of the evil infirmities of Egypt, which thou knowest, will he put upon thee; but he will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
But if a man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and he flee into one of these cities, then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Did you not hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?"
And Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had humbled his sister Tamar.
Consider mine enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred.
But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied:
And then will many be offended, and will deliver one another up, and hate one another;
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,
He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now. He that loves his brother abides in light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
If any one say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers, back-biters, hateful to God, insolent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, void of understanding, faithless, without natural affection, unmerciful;
thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth generation of them that hate me,
and repayeth them that hate him each to his face, to cause them to perish: he delayeth not with him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
If I have sharpened my gleaming sword, And my hand take hold of judgment, I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.
And Jehu the son of Hanani, the seer, went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate Jehovah? Therefore is wrath upon thee from Jehovah.
Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;
For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are;
He that hates me hates also my Father. If I had not done among them the works which no other one has done, they had not had sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. But that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, They hated me without a cause.
Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be the friend of the world is constituted enemy of God.
The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil.
He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom men hide their faces; despised, and we esteemed him not.
But the Pharisees, having gone out, took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.
And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet.
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas, and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;
Pilate says to them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.
But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not that this man should reign over us.
I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil: it is Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved.
Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause. For my love they are mine adversaries; but I give myself unto prayer. And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let Jehovah be glorified, and let us see your joy! but they shall be ashamed.
Then shall they deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you; and ye will be hated of all the nations for my name's sake. And then will many be offended, and will deliver one another up, and hate one another;
And ye will be hated of all on account of my name; but he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved.
But ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren and relations and friends, and they shall put to death some from among you, and ye will be hated of all for my name's sake. And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish.read more.
By your patient endurance gain your souls.
and raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of David his servant; as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began; deliverance from our enemies and out of the hand of all who hate us;
Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake:
and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and discussed with the Hellenists; but they sought to kill him.
And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul. And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath; and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.read more.
Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him.
But to you that hear I say, Love your enemies; do good to those that hate you; bless those that curse you; pray for those who use you despitefully.
Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who insult you and persecute you,
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with thee. Insolent fools shall not stand before thine eyes; thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;read more.
a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.
For I, Jehovah, love judgment, I hate robbery with wrong; and I will give their recompence in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Thou shalt not do so to Jehovah thy God; for every thing that is abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters have they burned in the fire to their gods.
Thou shalt not plant thyself an Asherah of any wood near unto the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee. Neither shalt thou set thee up a statue, which Jehovah thy God hateth.
Jehovah trieth the righteous one; but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth.
Your new moons and your set feasts my soul hateth: they are a burden to me; I am wearied of bearing them.
My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it hath raised its voice against me: therefore have I hated it.
All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings, I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more: all their princes are rebellious.
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell a sweet odour in your solemn assemblies.
These are the things that ye shall do: Speak truth every one with his neighbour; execute truth and the judgment of peace in your gates; and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.
(for I hate putting away, saith Jehovah the God of Israel;) and he covereth with violence his garment, saith Jehovah of hosts: take heed then to your spirit, that ye deal not unfaithfully.
The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.
Let love be unfeigned; abhorring evil; cleaving to good:
But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens,
I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah.
Ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints, he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.
Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?
A righteous man hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame.
Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Thou hast loved righteousness and hast hated lawlessness; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with oil of gladness above thy companions.
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
From Thematic Bible
Christ » Sake, for his » Hatred
and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved.
For Christ's sake » Hatred
and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved.
Hatred » Examples of » Of the saints
Then shall they deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you; and ye will be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.
If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on account of this the world hates you.
Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake:
I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let Jehovah be glorified, and let us see your joy! but they shall be ashamed.
Hatred » Condemned
Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
If any one say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
Hatred » Examples of » Of Christ
But they were filled with madness, and they spoke together among themselves what they should do to Jesus.
But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not that this man should reign over us.
The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil.
But that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, They hated me without a cause.
Hatred » Christ experienced
The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil.
Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause.
If I had not done among them the works which no other one has done, they had not had sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. But that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, They hated me without a cause.
Hatred » Punishment of
For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity; and his anger did tear continually, and he kept his wrath for ever.
Hatred » Against iniquity, justified
I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.
Ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints, he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Therefore I regard all thy precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false path.
Hatred » Forbidden
But now, put off, ye also, all these things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth.
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou shalt earnestly rebuke thy neighbour, lest thou bear sin on account of him.
Hatred » Often cloaked by deceit
He that covereth hatred hath lying lips, and he that sendeth forth a slander is a fool.
Though his hatred is covered by dissimulation, his wickedness shall be made manifest in the congregation.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » False ways
From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.
Therefore I regard all thy precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false path.
Hatred » Saints should » Expect
and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved.
If the world hate you, know that it has hated me before you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on account of this the world hates you.
Hatred » The wicked exhibit » Towards saints
Consider mine enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Evil
The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.
Ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints, he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Hatred » Saints should » Return good for
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, beware of leaving it to him: thou shalt certainly loosen it with him.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who insult you and persecute you,
Hatred » Exemplified » Cain
And Cain spoke to Abel his brother, and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
and upon Cain, and on his offering, he did not look. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
Hatred » Examples of » Haman
And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them (but it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had power over them that hated them),
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, Haman was full of fury. But he scorned to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus the people of Mordecai.
Hatred » Inconsistent with » The knowledge of God
But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Hatred » Exemplified » Enemies of the jews
And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them (but it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had power over them that hated them),
And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.
Hatred » Of God
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
(for I hate putting away, saith Jehovah the God of Israel;) and he covereth with violence his garment, saith Jehovah of hosts: take heed then to your spirit, that ye deal not unfaithfully.
Hatred » Examples of » The jews
For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.
Hatred » Leads to deceit
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him: when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Hatred and opposition to God
Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies.
Hatred » Exemplified » saul
And Saul was very wroth, and that saying was evil in his sight; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed the thousands; and what is there more for him but the kingdom? And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
Hatred » Give no cause for
Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.
Hatred » Stirs up strife
Hatred » Embitters life
Hatred » Liars prone to
A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Hatred » A work of the flesh
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,
Hatred » Exemplified » Esau
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.
Hatred » Examples of » Esau
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Lying
Hatred » Exemplified » Enemies of daniel
Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a pretext against Daniel with respect to the kingdom; but they could not find any pretext or fault; inasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. Then said these men, We shall not find any pretext against this Daniel, unless we find it against him touching the law of his God. Then these presidents and satraps came in a body to the king, and said thus unto him: King Darius, live for ever! read more.
All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked. Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and, his windows being open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. But those men came in a body, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's decree: Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask anything of any god or man within thirty days, except of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked. Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore distressed thereby, and set his heart on Daniel to save him; and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. Then these men came in a body unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
Hatred » Saints should » Not rejoice in the calamities of those who exhibit
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him; (Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)
Hatred » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren
And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.
Hatred » Exemplified » Haman
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, Haman was full of fury. But he scorned to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus the people of Mordecai.
Hatred » Exemplified » Ahab
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil: it is Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Hatred » Examples of » Joseph's brethren
And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.
Hatred » Examples of » Herodias
For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother. But Herodias kept it in her mind against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:
Hatred » Examples of » Ahab
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil: it is Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Backsliding
I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Hatred » The wicked exhibit » Towards God
back-biters, hateful to God, insolent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Hatred » Inconsistent with » The love of God
If any one say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
Hatred » Saints should » Not marvel at
Hatred » Exemplified » Men of gilead
But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Did you not hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?"
Hatred » Is murder
Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
Hatred » The wicked exhibit » Towards each other
For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Hatred
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.
for Jesus' sake » Hatred
and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved.
Lying » Leads to » Hatred
A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Strife » Excited by » Hatred
Strife » Causes of » Hatred
Suffering for Christ's sake » Some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Hatred
and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Hatred
and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved.
Topics on Hatred
Dishonesty, God's Hatred Of
Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.
Hatred Between Relatives
Genesis 4:9And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?
Satanic Hatred
1 John 3:12not as Cain was of the wicked one, and slew his brother; and on account of what slew he him? because his works were wicked, and those of his brother righteous.
