Hatred

• Forbidden.

  Leviticus 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

  Colossians 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

• Is murder.

  1 John 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

• A work of the flesh.

  Galatians 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

⇒hatred (KJV Dictionary)

• Often cloaked by deceit.

  Proverbs 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

  Proverbs 26:26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.

• Leads to deceit.

  Proverbs 26:24-25 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

• Stirs up strife.

  Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

⇒See HAT in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.

• Embitters life.

  Proverbs 15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

• INCONSISTENT WITH
• The knowledge of God.

  1 John 2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

  1 John 2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

⇒Bible concordance for HATRED

• The love of God.

  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?

• Liars prone to.

  Proverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

• THE WICKED EXHIBIT,

⇒See Hat in McClintock and Strong.

• Towards God.

  Romans 1:30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

• Towards saints.

  Psalm 25:19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

  Proverbs 29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

• Towards each other.

  Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

• Christ experienced.

  Psalm 35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

  John 7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

  John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

  John 15:24-25 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

• SAINTS SHOULD
• Expect.

  Matthew 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.

  John 15:18-19 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

• Not marvel at.

  1 John 3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

• Return good for.

  Exodus 23:5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

  Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

• Not rejoice in the calamities of those who exhibit.

  Job 31:29-30 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: 30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

• Give no cause for.

  Proverbs 25:17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

• Punishment of.

  Psalm 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  Psalm 44:7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

  Psalm 89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

  Amos 1:11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

• WE SHOULD EXHIBIT AGAINST
• False ways.

  Psalm 119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

  Psalm 119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

• Lying.

  Psalm 119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

• Evil.

  Psalm 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.

  Proverbs 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.

• Backsliding.

  Psalm 101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

• Hatred and opposition to God.

  Psalm 139:21-22 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

• Exemplified.
  
  Cain,

  Genesis 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

  Genesis 4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

  Esau,

  Genesis 27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

  Joseph's brethren,

  Genesis 37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

  Men of Gilead,

  Judges 11:7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

  Saul,

  1 Samuel 18:8-9 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

  Ahab,

  1 Kings 22:8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

  Haman,

  Esther 3:5-6 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

  Enemies of the Jews,

  Esther 9:1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

  Esther 9:5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

  Chaldeans,

  Daniel 3:12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

  Enemies of Daniel,

  Daniel 6:4-15 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. 6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. ...

  Herodias,

  Matthew 14:3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.

  Matthew 14:8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.

  The Jews,

  Acts 23:12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

  Acts 23:14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.