82 Bible Verses about Hatred
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After that Amnon developed an intense hatred for her. His hatred for her was greater than the lust he felt for her. Get out of here, he told her.
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them. They hated Joseph and could not speak to him in a friendly way.
Jehovah will take away every sickness from you. He will not afflict you with any of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you have known. He will put them on all who hate you.
But if there is a man who hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and murders him. If he flees to one of these cities, the elders of his city will send for him. They will take him from there and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood that he may die.
Jephthah answered: You hated me so much that you forced me to leave my father's house. Why have you come to me now that you are in trouble?
Absalom hated Amnon so much because he raped his sister Tamar. He would not speak to him anymore.
See how my enemies have increased in number, how they have hated me with vicious hatred!
Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, wrath, contentions, divisions, sects,
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in the darkness! He who loves his brother lives in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling (offence) in him. But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he goes because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer! You know that no murderer has everlasting life remaining in him.
If a man says, I love God, yet he hates his brother, he is a liar! He who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Those who hate Jehovah would pretend obedience (submission) to him. Their time of punishment would be long lasting.
They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, and unmerciful.
Do not worship them or serve them. I, Jehovah your God, am a God demanding exclusive devotion. (I do not tolerate rivals.) I will not share your affection with any other god. I punish children for their parents' sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.
He destroys everyone who hates him. He never takes long to pay back anyone who hates him.
I sharpen my flashing sword, and my hand takes hold on justice! I will render vengeance on my adversaries. I will repay those who hate me.
A prophet, Jehu son of Hanani, went to meet the king. He said to him: Do you think it is right to help those who are wicked and to take the side of those who hate Jehovah? What you have done has brought Jehovah's anger upon you.
Every one who does evil hates the light. He does not come to the light because his works would be reproved.
He who hates me hates my Father also. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would have no sin. They have seen and hated both my Father and me. This took place that the word written in the Law may be fulfilled: They hated me without a cause.
Adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity (hatred) (hostility) toward God? Whoever would be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
The world has no reason to hate you. But it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
He was despised and rejected by men. He was a man of sorrows familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised. We did not consider him to be worth much.
The Pharisees left and took counsel against him, to decide how they might destroy him.
They wanted to seize him, but feared the people, because the people saw Jesus as a prophet.
The chief priest and the elders of the people assembled at the court of Caiaphas, the high priest. All of them, using deceit, worked together to capture Jesus and kill him.
Pilate said to them: What am I to do with Jesus, the one called Christ? They all said: Put him to death. Impale him!
His citizens hated him. They sent a spokesman to him saying we do not want this man to rule us.
I gave them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Ahab answered: There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, always something bad. The king should not say such things! Jehoshaphat replied.
Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the end will be saved.
Do not let my treacherous enemies gloat over me. Do not let those who hate me for no reason wink maliciously.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I did not take away.
They surround me with hateful words. They fight against me without reason. In return for my love, they accuse me, but I pray for them. They reward me with evil instead of good and with hatred instead of love.
The bloodthirsty hate the upright. The righteous are concerned for his life.
Listen to the word of Jehovah, all who tremble at his word. Your brothers, who hate you, exclude you because of my name. They say: Let Jehovah show his glory and then we will see your joy. But they will be put to shame.
You hate the one who reproves in the gate, and abhor him who speaks the truth (with integrity).
People will cause you tribulation, and kill you. You will be hated by all the nations for my name's sake. Many will stumble and betray and hate one another.
All men will hate you because of my name. He who endures to the end will be saved.
Parent, brothers and sisters and friends will turn you over and cause you to be put to death. Men will hate you because of my name. Yet not a hair of your head will perish.read more.
You will gain your lives because of your endurance.
He raised up a horn of salvation (power of deliverance) for us in the house of his servant David He spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from ages past. He provided salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us.
Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
He spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. He had a dispute with the Greek speaking Jews and they made attempts to kill him.
When day arrived some of the Jews came together and united with an oath saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. There were more than forty involved in this conspiracy. They went to the chief priests and elders and said: We have united with a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul.read more.
Now therefore you, with the Sanhedrin, inform the commander that he bring him down to you tomorrow. You say you would inquire some more regarding him. We are ready to put him to death before he comes near.
I tell you who listen, love your enemies and do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who despitefully use you.
You have heard it said, 'You should love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' (Leviticus 19:18) I say love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!
For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness. No evil dwells with you! The arrogant shall not stand before your eyes. You hate all who practice sin.
Jehovah hates these six things: Yes, seven are an abomination to him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run quickly to badness,read more.
A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brothers.
For I, Jehovah, love justice. I hate robbery in the burnt offering. Therefore I will faithfully give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.
Do not behave this way toward Jehovah your God, for every abominable act Jehovah hates they have done for their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
When you build the altar for Jehovah your God, never plant beside it any tree dedicated to the goddess Asherah. Never set up a sacred stone. These are things Jehovah your God hates.
Jehovah tests (examines) righteous and wicked people alike. He hates wicked people and the ones who love violence.
I hate your New Moon Festivals and your appointed festivals. They are a burden to me. I am tired of putting up with them.
My chosen people have turned against me. Like a lion in the forest they have roared at me, and so I hate them.
All Ephraim's wickedness began in Gilgal. I hated the people there. I will force them out of my Temple because of their wickedness. I will not love them anymore. All their officials are rebellious.
I hate, I despise (reject) your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
These are the things that you should do. Every man should speak the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates (towns). Let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor. Do not love a false oath (perjury): for all these are things that I hate, said Jehovah.
I hate divorce and he who covers his garment with violence,' said Jehovah, the God of Israel. Jehovah of Hosts declares: 'Guard yourselves and do not deal treacherously.'
Respect for Jehovah means to hate evil. I hate: pride, and arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
You should choose capable men from all the people. Find men who respect God. These must be men you can trust who hate corruption. Put them in charge of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
You who love Jehovah hate evil! He preserves his anointed ones. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of unfaithful people. I want no part of it.
I get understanding from your precepts. Therefore I hate every false way.
Do I not hate those who hate You, O Jehovah? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
Better is a bowel of soup where there is love, than a steak with someone you hate.
Hate evil, and love good! Establish justice in the gate. It may be that Jehovah, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness more than your companions.
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, Your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy above your fellows.
Yet you have this in your favor: you hate the deeds of the sect of Nicolaus just as I hate their deeds.
From Thematic Bible
Christ » Sake, for his » Hatred
Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the end will be saved.
For Christ's sake » Hatred
Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the end will be saved.
Hatred » Examples of » Of the saints
People will cause you tribulation, and kill you. You will be hated by all the nations for my name's sake.
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. I chose you out of the world. The world hates you because you are not of the world.
Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
I gave them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Listen to the word of Jehovah, all who tremble at his word. Your brothers, who hate you, exclude you because of my name. They say: Let Jehovah show his glory and then we will see your joy. But they will be put to shame.
Hatred » Condemned
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in the darkness!
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer! You know that no murderer has everlasting life remaining in him.
Better is a bowel of soup where there is love, than a steak with someone you hate.
If a man says, I love God, yet he hates his brother, he is a liar! He who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Hatred » Examples of » Of Christ
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
They were all very angry and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
His citizens hated him. They sent a spokesman to him saying we do not want this man to rule us.
The world has no reason to hate you. But it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
This took place that the word written in the Law may be fulfilled: They hated me without a cause.
Hatred » Christ experienced
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
The world has no reason to hate you. But it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
Do not let my treacherous enemies gloat over me. Do not let those who hate me for no reason wink maliciously.
If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would have no sin. They have seen and hated both my Father and me. This took place that the word written in the Law may be fulfilled: They hated me without a cause.
Hatred » Punishment of
Evil will kill wicked people, and those who hate righteous people will be condemned.
I will beat down his adversaries before him. I will strike those who hate him.
Jehovah declared: For three and four transgressions of Edom, I will not withdraw punishment. He pursued his brother with the sword. He showed no compassion but was driven with anger and eternal wrath.
Hatred » Against iniquity, justified
I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of unfaithful people. I want no part of it.
I get understanding from your precepts. Therefore I hate every false way.
You who love Jehovah hate evil! He preserves his anointed ones. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
That is why I esteem right all your precepts and I hate every false way.
Hatred » Forbidden
Now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech out of your mouth.
Never hate your brother in your heart. Be sure to correct your neighbor so that you will not be guilty of sinning along with him.
Hatred » Often cloaked by deceit
When hatred is covered by deceit, wickedness is revealed to the entire congregation.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » False ways
I get understanding from your precepts. Therefore I hate every false way.
That is why I esteem right all your precepts and I hate every false way.
Hatred » Saints should » Expect
Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the end will be saved.
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. I chose you out of the world. The world hates you because you are not of the world.
Hatred » The wicked exhibit » Towards saints
The bloodthirsty hate the upright. The righteous are concerned for his life.
See how my enemies have increased in number, how they have hated me with vicious hatred!
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Evil
Respect for Jehovah means to hate evil. I hate: pride, and arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
You who love Jehovah hate evil! He preserves his anointed ones. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Hatred » Saints should » Return good for
If your enemy's donkey falls under its load, help him get the donkey to its feet again. Do not just walk away.
Hatred » Exemplified » Cain
While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
He did not look with favor on Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face was downcast (he had a bad attitude).
Hatred » Examples of » Haman
Now on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the time came for the king's order to be put into effect, on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to rule over them the opposite occurred, and the Jews had rule over their enemies.
Haman saw that Mordecai did not go before him and give him honor. Haman was very angry. But it was not enough for him to attack Mordecai only. They made clear to him who Mordecai's people were. So Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Hatred » Inconsistent with » The knowledge of God
But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he goes because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in the darkness!
Hatred » Exemplified » Enemies of the jews
Now on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the time came for the king's order to be put into effect, on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to rule over them the opposite occurred, and the Jews had rule over their enemies.
So the Jews overcame all their attackers with the sword and with death and destruction, and did to their enemies whatever they had a desire to do.
Hatred » Of God
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, Your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy above your fellows.
The arrogant shall not stand before your eyes. You hate all who practice sin.
I hate divorce and he who covers his garment with violence,' said Jehovah, the God of Israel. Jehovah of Hosts declares: 'Guard yourselves and do not deal treacherously.'
Hatred » Examples of » The jews
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
When day arrived some of the Jews came together and united with an oath saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
Hatred » Leads to deceit
He who hates disguises with his lips, and stores deceit within him. When he speaks kind words do not believe him. There are seven abominations in his heart.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Hatred and opposition to God
Do I not hate those who hate You, O Jehovah? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you? I hate them with the utmost hatred! They have become my enemies.
Hatred » Exemplified » saul
Saul became very angry because he considered this saying to be insulting. He said: To David they credit tens of thousands but to me they credit only a few thousand. The only thing left for David is my kingdom. He was jealous and suspicious of David from that day on.
Hatred » Give no cause for
Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house; or he will tire of you and hate you.
Hatred » Stirs up strife
Hatred » Embitters life
Better is a bowel of soup where there is love, than a steak with someone you hate.
Hatred » Liars prone to
A lying tongue hates those afflicted by it and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Hatred » A work of the flesh
idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, wrath, contentions, divisions, sects,
Hatred » Exemplified » Esau
So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. Esau said to himself: The days of mourning for my father are near. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.
Hatred » Examples of » Esau
So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. Esau said to himself: The days of mourning for my father are near. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Lying
Hatred » Exemplified » Enemies of daniel
Then the commissioners and the governors sought to find a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom. They could find no charge, nor error, nor fault, for he was faithful. These men said: We shall not find any charge against Daniel, unless we find it against him in the Law of his God. Then these commissioners and governors assembled before the king, and said: King Darius, may you live for a very long time. read more.
All the governors of the kingdom, the deputies and the governors, the counselors consulted together to establish a royal statute. They made a strong decree, that whoever prays to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of lions. Now, O king, establish the decree by signing the document. That it will not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be altered. King Darius signed the document for the decree. Daniel knew that the decree was signed. He went into his house. His windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem. He kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, like he did before. These men assembled together. They found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. They approached the king about his decree: Did you sign a decree stating that every man that shall make petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of lions? The king answered: The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be altered. Then they said: Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, does not show you respect, O king, nor the decree that you signed. He offers his prayer three times a day. Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased with himself. He was determined that Daniel not be delivered to him; and he labored all day to rescue him. Then these men assembled before the king and said: Know, O king that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree or statute that the king establishes may be changed.
Hatred » Saints should » Not rejoice in the calamities of those who exhibit
If I have rejoiced at the ruin of those who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook them, I have not let my mouth sin by asking for their lives with a curse.
Hatred » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren
Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them. They hated Joseph and could not speak to him in a friendly way.
Hatred » Exemplified » Haman
Haman saw that Mordecai did not go before him and give him honor. Haman was very angry. But it was not enough for him to attack Mordecai only. They made clear to him who Mordecai's people were. So Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Hatred » Exemplified » Ahab
Ahab answered: There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, always something bad. The king should not say such things! Jehoshaphat replied.
Hatred » Examples of » Joseph's brethren
Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them. They hated Joseph and could not speak to him in a friendly way.
Hatred » Examples of » Herodias
John said to Herod: It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife. Herodias had a grudge against John and was determined to have him killed.
Hatred » Examples of » Ahab
Ahab answered: There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, always something bad. The king should not say such things! Jehoshaphat replied.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Backsliding
I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of unfaithful people. I want no part of it.
Hatred » The wicked exhibit » Towards God
backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Hatred » Inconsistent with » The love of God
If a man says, I love God, yet he hates his brother, he is a liar! He who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Hatred » Saints should » Not marvel at
Hatred » Exemplified » Men of gilead
Jephthah answered: You hated me so much that you forced me to leave my father's house. Why have you come to me now that you are in trouble?
Hatred » Is murder
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer! You know that no murderer has everlasting life remaining in him.
Hatred » The wicked exhibit » Towards each other
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Hatred
So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. Esau said to himself: The days of mourning for my father are near. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.
for Jesus' sake » Hatred
Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the end will be saved.
Lying » Leads to » Hatred
A lying tongue hates those afflicted by it and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Strife » Excited by » Hatred
Strife » Causes of » Hatred
Suffering for Christ's sake » Some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Hatred
Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the end will be saved.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Hatred
Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the end will be saved.
Topics on Hatred
Dishonesty, God's Hatred Of
Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah. Those who deal truly are his delight.
Hatred Between Relatives
Genesis 4:9Jehovah asked Cain: Where is your brother Abel? I do not know, he replied. Am I my brother's keeper?
Satanic Hatred
1 John 3:12We should not be like Cain who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he murder him? It was because his works were evil, and his brother's were righteous.
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