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What Does the Bible Say About Hate?

Here are 10 Bible verses about hate, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #11 John 4:20

    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?

    BSBIf anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

  2. #2Proverbs 10:12

    Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

    BSBHatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

  3. #3Proverbs 8:13

    The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

    BSBTo fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

  4. #4Psalms 97:10

    Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

    BSBHate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

  5. #5John 15:18

    If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

    BSBIf the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

  6. #61 John 3:15

    Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

    BSBEveryone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

  7. #7Proverbs 6:16-19

    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, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

    BSBThere are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

  8. #8Leviticus 19:17-18

    Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. 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.

    BSBYou 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. Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  9. #9Matthew 10:22

    And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

    BSBYou will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

  10. #10Proverbs 10:18

    He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

    BSBThe one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

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