What Does the Bible Say About Hating Others?
Here are 7 Bible verses about hating others, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #11 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.
- #2Proverbs 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.
- #3Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
BSBHatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
- #41 John 2:9
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
BSBIf anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
- #5Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
BSBGet rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
- #6Proverbs 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.
- #7Matthew 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.
Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).