Bible Verses about “hatred”
The Bible contains 41 verses about hatred across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
“‹But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.›”
“Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.”
“‹But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;›”
“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?”
“‹But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and› [to] ‹the evil.›”
“He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.”
“¶ ‹But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,›”
“But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.”
“‹And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.›”
“Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”
“Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”
“There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?”
“¶ From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members?”
“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”
“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.”
“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.”
“‹And if ye lend› [to them] ‹of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.›”
“¶ Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.”
“‹Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.›”
“¶ ‹If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before› [it hated] ‹you.›”
“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”
“‹For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.›”
“‹And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.›”
“Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:”
“For that ye [ought] to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.”
“‹Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.›”
“‹Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask› [them] ‹not again.›”
“But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.”
“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.”
“‹And unto him that smiteth thee on the› [one] ‹cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not› [to take thy] ‹coat also.›”
“¶ Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.”
“[Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.”
“Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?”
“¶ Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.”
“¶ He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;”
“When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.”
“Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.”
“¶ 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.”