22 Bible Verses about People Being Hated

You have removed my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an object of loathing to them;
I am shut up and cannot go out.

Thus they have repaid me evil for good
And hatred for my love.

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me without cause.

Be gracious to me, O Lord;
See my affliction from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,

Look upon my enemies, for they are many,
And they hate me with violent hatred.

All who hate me whisper together against me;
Against me they devise my hurt, saying,

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened.”

“My breath is offensive to my wife,
And I am loathsome to my own brothers.

Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at His word:
“Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you for My name’s sake,
Have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy.’
But they will be put to shame.

“Whereas you have been forsaken and hated
With no one passing through,
I will make you an everlasting pride,
A joy from generation to generation.

Behold now, I have stretched out My hand against you and diminished your rations. And I delivered you up to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd conduct.

therefore, behold, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, even all those whom you loved and all those whom you hated. So I will gather them against you from every direction and expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness.

They will deal with you in hatred, take all your property, and leave you naked and bare. And the nakedness of your harlotries will be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotries.

You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.

“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

and you will be hated by all because of My name.

Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.

I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.