Romans 12:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁹ Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ [Let your] love be sincere (a real thing); hate what is evil [loathe all ungodliness, turn in horror from wickedness], but hold fast to that which is good.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Common English Bible

⁹ Love should be shown without pretending. Hate evil, and hold on to what is good.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Let love be without falseness: hating evil, clinging to what is good,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good.

Romans 12:9 Cross References

Psalm 101:3

I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave unto me.

Psalm 119:104

Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way. נ NUN

Psalm 119:163

I hate and abhor falsehood; But thy law do I love.

Psalm 34:14

Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

Psalm 36:4

He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

Psalm 45:7

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Psalm 55:21

His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

Psalm 97:10

O ye that love the LORD, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Proverbs 26:25

When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart:

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the froward mouth, do I hate.

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.

Amos 5:15

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgement in the gate: it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Matthew 26:49

And straightway he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Rabbi; and kissed him.

John 12:6

Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.

Acts 11:23

who, when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and he exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord:

2 Corinthians 6:6

in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Ghost, in love unfeigned,

2 Corinthians 8:8

I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but alway follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

prove all things; hold fast that which is good;

1 Timothy 1:5

But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:

Hebrews 1:9

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Hebrews 12:14

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.

1 Peter 1:22

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

1 Peter 4:8

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins: