Romans 9:13

New International Version

Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

Cross References

Genesis 29:31

When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless.

Genesis 29:33

She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Because the Lord heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.

Proverbs 13:24

Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.

Matthew 10:37

“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Mark 12:10

Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture: “ ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;

Luke 14:26

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.

John 12:25

Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Deuteronomy 21:15

If a man has two wives, and he loves one but not the other, and both bear him sons but the firstborn is the son of the wife he does not love,