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22 Bible Verses About Hate

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  • Leviticus 19:17 forbids hating a brother “in your heart” and puts frank rebuke in its place; the next verse says “love your neighbor as yourself.”
  • 1 John 3:15 calls everyone who hates his brother a murderer, after pointing to Cain in 3:12.
  • Proverbs 6:16-19 lists seven things the Lord hates, ending with “one who sows discord among brothers.”
  • Amos 5:15 and Romans 12:9 command hatred of evil, and Romans 12:14 in the same chapter commands blessing persecutors.
  • Jesus answers the saying “hate your enemy” with love, prayer and doing good (Matthew 5:43-44; Luke 6:27-28), and Matthew 10:37 puts the hard saying of Luke 14:26 as loving family “more than me.”

The Bible condemns hatred of other people and commands hatred of evil. Leviticus 19:17 forbids hating a brother “in your heart,” and 1 John 3:15 calls anyone who hates his brother a murderer. In Matthew 5:21-22 Jesus puts anger at a brother under the same judgment as murder. Proverbs 26:24-26 describes hatred hidden behind gracious speech, Proverbs 6:16-19 lists what the Lord himself hates, Amos 5:15 tells Israel to “hate evil, and love good,” and Jesus answers the saying “hate…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

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