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Bible Verses About Hate
Find Bible verses about hate — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about hate?
The Bible addresses hate with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Revelation 2:6
“But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.”
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Luke 6:27
“"But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,”
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Ecclesiastes 3:8
“a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.”
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Matthew 6:24
“"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.”
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Malachi 2:16
“For I hate divorce," says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with violence!" says Yahweh of Armies. "Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don't deal treacherously.”
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Amos 5:21
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
Romans 7:15
“For I don't know what I am doing. For I don't practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.”
Luke 6:22
“Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.”
Psalms 139:21
“Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?”
Isaiah 61:8
“"For I, Yahweh, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.”
Amos 5:15
“Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph."”
Proverbs 1:22
“"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?”
Proverbs 8:13
“The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.”
Psalms 97:10
“You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.”
Psalms 118:7
“Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.”
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