35 Bible Verses about Hatred

For we were ourselves once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, passing our lives in malice and envy. We were hateful, and we hated one another.

And then many will stumble and fall, and will betray one another, and hate one another.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest; such, for instance, as fornication, impurity, indecency, idol-worship, sorcery, quarrels, party-spirit, jealousy, passionate anger, intrigues, factions, sectarianism,

He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now. But he who loves his brother is abiding in the light, and in it there is no cause of stumbling. But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and is spending his life in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Every one who is hating his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

If any one says, "I love God," and yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot possibly love God, whom he has not seen.

They were overflowing with every kind of iniquity, depravity, greed, and malice. They were full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and malignity. They became whisperers, back-biters, hated of God, insolent, haughty, boastful. They invented sins. They were disobedient to parents. They were without sense, without faith, without natural affection, without mercy.

For every one who practices wrong hates light, and does not come to the light, lest his actions be exposed;

"He who hates me hates my Father also. "If I had not done among them such works as none ever did, they would have had no sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. "And so is fulfilled the word written in their Law, 'They hate me without cause.'

You adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? Whoever, then, desires to be a friend of the world, makes himself and enemy of God.

"The world cannot hate you, but me it does hate, because I am bearing testimony against it, that its ways are wicked.

The man stretched it out, and it had become sound like the other. But when the Pharisees came out, they consulted together how they might destroy him.

but although they longed to apprehend him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the court of the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas, and they plotted together to get Jesus into their power by a trick, and to put him to death;

And Pilate asked, "What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?" What one voice they shouted, "Let him be crucified!"

"But this fellow citizens hated him, and sent a deputation after him to say, 'We do not wish this man to become our king.'

I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

"You will be hated by all men because of my name; and he who endures to the end shall be saved.

Then they will deliver you up to suffer affliction, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then many will stumble and fall, and will betray one another, and hate one another.

You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he that endures to the end shall be saved.

"You will be betrayed even by parents or brothers and kinsfolk, and friends. "Some of you they will put to death. And you shall be hated by all men for the sake of my name. "And not a hair on your head shall perish.read more.
"In your patience you shall purchase your souls.

"And has raised up a mighty Deliverer for us In the house of his servant David, "As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets Which have been since the world began To deliver us from our enemies, and from the power Of all who hate us.

"Blessed are you when men shall hate you, And excommunicate you and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil because of the Son of man.

"do not forget that it hated me first.

He also used to hold conversations and debates with the Grecian Jews, but they kept trying to kill him.

When day dawned the Jews made a conspiracy, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. And there were more than forty who had sworn this oath. They went to the high priests and elders, and said to them. "We have bound ourselves by a solemn oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul.read more.
"Now do you and the Sanhedrin ask the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you would judge his case more exactly; and we are ready to kill him, before he comes near the place."

Do not wonder, brothers, if the world continues to hate you.

"But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, Bless those who curse you, pray for those who calumniate you.

"You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy." "But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.

Let love be without insincerity. Abhor what is evil; wed yourselves to what is good.

Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore did God, thy God, anoint thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy comrades.

But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I hate.