Bible Verses About Hatred
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for hatred, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,987 votes, led by 1 John 4:20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Hatred
1 John 4:20565 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?
Proverbs 10:12440 votes
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
1 John 2:9424 votes
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
Matthew 6:15332 votes
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 5:44321 votes
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;
John 15:18312 votes
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Proverbs 26:24-26274 votes
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
1 John 2:11234 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.
Luke 6:27-36208 votes
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
Proverbs 10:18193 votes
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Leviticus 19:17144 votes
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Proverbs 20:22142 votes
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.
Ephesians 4:31138 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
James 4:1-17133 votes
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Matthew 5:43-45124 votes
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Psalms 97:10121 votes
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 15:1115 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Matthew 10:22108 votes
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Galatians 5:19-21108 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
James 1:19-2087 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Proverbs 8:1383 votes
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
John 3:2080 votes
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Psalms 45:777 votes
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Proverbs 15:1776 votes
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
John 17:1476 votes
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
What does the Bible say about hatred?
Readers most often cite 1 John 4:20 on the subject of hatred. Across 7,987 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 10:12, 1 John 2:9, Matthew 6:15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.