Bible Verses about “hate”
The Bible contains 14 verses about hate across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:”
“A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,”
“A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”
“An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,”
“If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”
“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD.”
“¶ ‹If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before› [it hated] ‹you.›”
“The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.”
“¶ Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.”
“Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.”
“‹And ye shall be hated of all› [men] ‹for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.›”
“¶ He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.”
“Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.”
“Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.”