'Hate' in the Bible
They blessed Rebekah and said to her,“May you, our sister,Become thousands of ten thousands,And may your descendants possessThe gate of those who hate them.”
Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?”
Come, let us deal wisely with them, or else they will multiply and in the event of war, they will also join themselves to those who hate us, and fight against us and depart from the land.”
Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.
You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,
‘You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.
I will set My face against you so that you will be struck down before your enemies; and those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.
Then it came about when the ark set out that Moses said,“Rise up, O Lord!And let Your enemies be scattered,And let those who hate You flee before You.”
You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,
but repays those who hate Him to their faces, to destroy them; He will not delay with him who hates Him, He will repay him to his face.
The Lord will remove from you all sickness; and He will not put on you any of the harmful diseases of Egypt which you have known, but He will lay them on all who hate you.
The Lord your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.
If I sharpen My flashing sword,And My hand takes hold on justice,I will render vengeance on My adversaries,And I will repay those who hate Me.
“O Lord, bless his substance,And accept the work of his hands;Shatter the loins of those who rise up against him,And those who hate him, so that they will not rise again.”
Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not deliver the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand.
Then Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and drive me from my father’s house? So why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?”
Samson’s wife wept before him and said, “You only hate me, and you do not love me; you have propounded a riddle to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me.” And he said to her, “Behold, I have not told it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?”
by loving those who hate you, and by hating those who love you. For you have shown today that princes and servants are nothing to you; for I know this day that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, then you would be pleased.
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”
God said to Solomon, “Because you had this in mind, and did not ask for riches, wealth or honor, or the life of those who hate you, nor have you even asked for long life, but you have asked for yourself wisdom and knowledge that you may rule My people over whom I have made you king,
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me but always evil. He is Micaiah, son of Imla.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”
Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord and so bring wrath on yourself from the Lord?
“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,And the tent of the wicked will be no longer.”
The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes;You hate all who do iniquity.
Be gracious to me, O Lord;See my affliction from those who hate me,You who lift me up from the gates of death,
Your hand will find out all your enemies;Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
Look upon my enemies, for they are many,And they hate me with violent hatred.
I hate the assembly of evildoers,And I will not sit with the wicked.
I hate those who regard vain idols,But I trust in the Lord.
Evil shall slay the wicked,And those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me;Nor let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.
But my enemies are vigorous and strong,And many are those who hate me wrongfully.
All who hate me whisper together against me;Against me they devise my hurt, saying,
But You have saved us from our adversaries,And You have put to shame those who hate us.
You cause us to turn back from the adversary;And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.
“For you hate discipline,And you cast My words behind you.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered,And let those who hate Him flee before Him.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;What I did not steal, I then have to restore.
“Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him,And their time of punishment would be forever.
For behold, Your enemies make an uproar,And those who hate You have exalted themselves.
Show me a sign for good,That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,Because You, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me.
“But I shall crush his adversaries before him,And strike those who hate him.
Hate evil, you who love the Lord,Who preserves the souls of His godly ones;He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
I will set no worthless thing before my eyes;I hate the work of those who fall away;It shall not fasten its grip on me.
He turned their heart to hate His people,To deal craftily with His servants.
The Lord is for me among those who help me;Therefore I will look with satisfaction on those who hate me.
From Your precepts I get understanding;Therefore I hate every false way.
Samekh.I hate those who are double-minded,But I love Your law.
Therefore I esteem right all Your precepts concerning everything,I hate every false way.
I hate and despise falsehood,But I love Your law.
Too long has my soul had its dwellingWith those who hate peace.
May all who hate ZionBe put to shame and turned backward;
Do I not hate those who hate You, O Lord?And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
I hate them with the utmost hatred;They have become my enemies.
“How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded?And scoffers delight themselves in scoffingAnd fools hate knowledge?
“The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;Pride and arrogance and the evil wayAnd the perverted mouth, I hate.
“But he who sins against me injures himself;All those who hate me love death.”
Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you,Reprove a wise man and he will love you.
All the brothers of a poor man hate him;How much more do his friends abandon him!He pursues them with words, but they are gone.
Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house,Or he will become weary of you and hate you.
Men of bloodshed hate the blameless,But the upright are concerned for his life.
A time to love and a time to hate;A time for war and a time for peace.
Indeed their love, their hate and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun.
“I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts,They have become a burden to Me;I am weary of bearing them.
For I, the Lord, love justice,I hate robbery in the burnt offering;And I will faithfully give them their recompenseAnd make an everlasting covenant with them.
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.
“My inheritance has become to MeLike a lion in the forest;She has roared against Me;Therefore I have come to hate her.
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.”
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.
For thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I will give you into the hand of those whom you hate, into the hand of those from whom you were alienated.
“Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was appalled for a while as his thoughts alarmed him. The king responded and said, ‘Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.’ Belteshazzar replied, ‘My lord, if only the dream applied to those who hate you and its interpretation to your adversaries!
All their evil is at Gilgal;Indeed, I came to hate them there!Because of the wickedness of their deedsI will drive them out of My house!I will love them no more;All their princes are rebels.
They hate him who reproves in the gate,And they abhor him who speaks with integrity.
Hate evil, love good,And establish justice in the gate!Perhaps the Lord God of hostsMay be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
“I hate, I reject your festivals,Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies.
“You who hate good and love evil,Who tear off their skin from themAnd their flesh from their bones,
Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury; for all these are what I hate,’ declares the Lord.”
For I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with wrong,” says the Lord of hosts. “So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.
Salvation from our enemies,And from the hand of all who hate us;
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.
“But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
“If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.
For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.
Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire.
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Abhor (29 instances)
- Abominate (10 instances)
- Detest (22 instances)
- Execrate (2 instances)
- Hate (195 instances)
- Hatred (42 instances)
- Loathe (25 instances)
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