What are some Bible verses about hate?

Answer

1 John 4:20

If anyone declares, “I love God,” and yet detests his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred provokes conflict, but love forgives all wrongs.

1 John 3:15

Everyone who harbors hatred toward his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

Proverbs 6:16-19

There are six things that the Lord detests, seven that are utterly repulsive to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who spreads lies, and one who stirs up conflict among brothers.

Leviticus 19:17-18

You shall not harbor hatred for your brother in your heart, but you shall rebuke your neighbor frankly, lest you bring sin upon yourself. You shall not seek revenge or hold a grudge against the people of your community, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not proud or rude. It does not demand its own way; it is not easily provoked or resentful; it does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

John 15:18

If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first before hating you.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, evil behavior, and perverse speech.

Psalm 97:10

O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful ones; he delivers them from the grasp of the wicked.

Matthew 10:22

And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Proverbs 10:18

Whoever conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

Psalm 11:5

The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

Luke 14:26

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.

Proverbs 26:24-26

Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.

Psalm 119:163

I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law.

Psalm 26:5

I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked.

Psalm 101:3

I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

Ecclesiastes 3:8

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

Proverbs 20:22

Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

Unless otherwise noted, all Bible verses are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® Copyright© 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

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