Bible Verses About

Hate

Answering hatred with love, even toward enemies.

  1. 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?

    1 John 4:20 · KJV

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

    Proverbs 8:13 · KJV

  3. Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

    Proverbs 10:12 · KJV

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

    Leviticus 19:17 · KJV

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

    John 15:18 · KJV

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

    Psalms 97:10 · KJV

  7. These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

    Proverbs 6:16 · KJV

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

    1 John 3:15 · KJV

  9. But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

    Luke 6:27 · KJV

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Frequently asked

What does the Bible say about hate?

Scripture speaks to hate in passages such as 1 John 4:20, Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 10:12. For example, 1 John 4:20 says, “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?”

What is a well-known Bible verse about hate?

1 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?”

Which Psalm is about hate?

Psalms 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.”