29 occurrences

'Hated' in the Bible

His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they hated him and could not speak to him on friendly terms.

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsGrudgesHatredJealousyPersecution, Forms OfSpiteSuffering, Causes OfHatred Between RelativesHating IndividualsNo PeaceMan's FavouriteBrothers Lovefriendliness

Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

Verse ConceptsDreams, Examples OfGrudgesSelf ConfidenceHating IndividualsSiblings

Then his brothers said to him, “Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

Verse ConceptsHating Individualsdominion

Otherwise the land from which You brought us may say, “Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which He had promised them and because He hated them He has brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.”

Verse ConceptsImpotence Of GodDying In The WildernessGod Hating PeopleGod Might Kill His People

otherwise the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in the heat of his anger, and overtake him, because the way is long, and take his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously.

Verse ConceptsMan AvengingNot HatingDeath Of A Family Member

Her father said, “I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please let her be yours instead.”

Verse ConceptsHating IndividualsTransferring Wives

David said on that day, “Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him reach the lame and the blind, who are hated by David’s soul, through the water tunnel.” Therefore they say, “The blind or the lame shall not come into the house.”

Verse ConceptsZion, As A PlaceOld SayingsHating PeoplesWater Channel

Then Amnon hated her with a very 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, “Get up, go away!”

Verse ConceptsHatredSuffering, Causes OfDefraudingMen And Women Who LovedHating Individualsheartbroken

But Absalom did not speak to Amnon either good or bad; for Absalom hated Amnon because he had violated his sister Tamar.

Verse ConceptsBitterness, Examples OfGrudgesHatredLove, And The WorldIndividuals Being SilentNamed SistersHating Individuals

“He delivered me from my strong enemy,From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGod Saving From EnemiesOvercoming Enemies

“You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,And I destroyed those who hated me.

Verse ConceptsTurning One's Back

Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth day when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it was turned to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained the mastery over those who hated them.

Verse ConceptsMonth 12Jews Under ThreatHating Peoples

Thus the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces assembled, to defend their lives and rid themselves of their enemies, and kill 75,000 of those who hated them; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

Verse ConceptsFifty To Ninety ThousandJews Under ThreatHating PeoplesNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

He delivered me from my strong enemy,And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGod Saving From EnemiesOvercoming EnemiesProtection From Enemiescrusades

You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,And I destroyed those who hated me.

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackProtection From Enemies

So He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them,And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerRedemption, In Everyday LifeGod Saving From EnemiesEnemy Attacks

Then He gave them into the hand of the nations,And those who hated them ruled over them.

Verse ConceptsUnsuitable RuleHating Peopleshaters

So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.

Verse ConceptsWeariness Of LifeUseless EndeavourUnder The Sunfootball

Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

Verse ConceptsLife DespisedHard WorkSuccess And Hard Workhardwork

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

Verse ConceptsFuturePeople Abandoning PeoplePeople Being HatedYou Will Rejoice In SalvationExcellencereinforcement

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.

Verse ConceptsDenunciationsLooking At People For EvilGathering FriendsPeople Being Hatedlovers

therefore as I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will give you over to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you.

Verse ConceptsBlood, Figurative UsePursuingPursuing PeopleHating EvilKilling Will Happen

but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”

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