8 Bible Verses about Not Hating
Most Relevant Verses
You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your relative; you must not hate an Egyptian, for you lived as a foreigner in his land.
Anyone who accidentally killed someone without hating him at the time of the accident could flee to one of those cities and be safe.
Now this is the law pertaining to one who flees there in order to live, if he has accidentally killed another without hating him at the time of the accident.
Otherwise the blood avenger will chase after the killer in the heat of his anger, eventually overtake him, and kill him, though this is not a capital case since he did not hate him at the time of the accident.
When the avenger of blood comes after him, they must not hand over to him the one who committed manslaughter, for he accidentally killed his fellow man without premeditation.
What they loved, as well as what they hated and envied, perished long ago, and they no longer have a part in anything that happens on earth.
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.
