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Hatred

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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Against iniquity, justified

  • Psalm 97:10 Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
  • Psalm 101:3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
  • Psalm 119:104 I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
  • Psalm 119:128 Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
  • Psalm 119:163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
  • Psalm 139:21–22 Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You? I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.

Of God

  • Psalm 5:5 The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
  • Psalm 45:7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
  • Malachi 2:16 “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.

Scriptures Relating to

  • Leviticus 19:17 You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
  • Psalm 25:19 Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.
  • Psalm 35:19 Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
  • Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
  • Proverbs 10:18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
  • Proverbs 15:17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
  • Proverbs 26:24–26 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart. When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart. Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
  • Matthew 5:43–44 You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
  • Matthew 6:15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.
  • Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.