Bible verses about Hatred
Verses about hatred and the call to love even those who oppose us.
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.
Leviticus 19:17Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalms 97:10Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
Proverbs 10:12Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
Proverbs 15:17Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
Romans 12:14Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:21But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:44No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 6:24But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Luke 6:27If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
John 15:18If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
John 15:19Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
Romans 12:9Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
Ephesians 4:31If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
1 John 2:9But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
1 John 2:11Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
1 John 3:15If 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.
1 John 4:20