Bible Verses About Hating Your Brother
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for hating your brother, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 14,611 votes, led by 1 John 3:15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Hating Your Brother
1 John 3:15640 votes
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
1 John 4:20532 votes
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?
Leviticus 19:17365 votes
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
1 John 2:9312 votes
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
Luke 14:26276 votes
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
1 Timothy 5:8257 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
1 John 2:11244 votes
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.
Proverbs 10:12230 votes
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Romans 12:19216 votes
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Proverbs 17:17212 votes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Matthew 5:23-24201 votes
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Genesis 4:9199 votes
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
Proverbs 8:13195 votes
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Hebrews 13:1194 votes
Let brotherly love continue.
Proverbs 15:1188 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 18:24187 votes
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
1 John 3:14-15183 votes
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
1 John 1:6178 votes
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
1 Peter 3:8176 votes
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Proverbs 10:18173 votes
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Psalms 133:1170 votes
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Ephesians 4:31170 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Matthew 18:15164 votes
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
1 John 4:7164 votes
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Romans 12:10163 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
What does the Bible say about hating your brother?
Readers most often cite 1 John 3:15 on the subject of hating your brother. Across 14,611 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 John 4:20, Leviticus 19:17, 1 John 2:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.