Hatred
HATE; HATRED [isbe]
HATE; HATRED - hat, ha'-tred (verb, sane', "oftenest," saTam, Gen 27:41, etc.; noun, sin'ah; miseo): A feeling of strong antagonism and dislike, generally malevolent and prompting to injury (the opposite of love); sometimes born of moral resentment. Alike in the Old Testament and New Testament, hate of the malevolent sort is unsparingly condemned (Nu 35:20; Ps 109:5; Prov 10:12; Tit 3:3; 1 Jn 3:15), but in the Old Testament hatred of evil and evil-doers, purged of personal malice, is commended (Ps 97:10; 101:3; 139:21,22, etc.). The New Testament law softens this feeling as regards persons, bringing it under the higher law of love (Mt 5:43,14; compare Rom 12:17-21), while intensifying the hatred of evil (Jude 1:23; Rev 2:6). God himself is hated by the wicked (Ex 20:5; Ps 139:21; compare Rom 8:7). Sometimes, however, the word "hate" is used hyperbolically in a relative sense to express only the strong preference of one to another. God loved Jacob, but hated Esau (Mal 1:3; Rom 9:13); father and mother are to be hated in comparison with Christ (Lk 14:26; compare Mt 10:37).See ENMITY.
James Orr
Hatred [nave]
HATRED, against iniquity, justified, Psa. 97:10; 101:3; 119:104,128,163; 139:21, 22.Of God, Psa. 5:5; 45:7; Mal. 2:16.
Scriptures Relating to
Lev. 19:17; Psa. 25:19; Psa. 35:19; Prov. 10:12, 18; Prov. 15:17; Prov. 26:24-26; Matt. 5:43, 44; Matt. 6:15; Matt. 10:22; John 15:18, 19, 23-25; John 17:14; Gal. 5:19, 20; Eph. 4:31; Col. 3:8; 1 John 2:9, 11; 1 John 3:10, 13-15; 1 John 4:20 See: Envy; Jealousy; Malice; Revenge.
Hatred [ebd]
among the works of the flesh (Gal. 5:20). Altogether different is the meaning of the word in Deut. 21:15; Matt. 6:24; Luke 14:26; Rom. 9:13, where it denotes only a less degree of love.
HATRED [bridgeway]
Hatred, in the sense of a deep-seated ill-feeling towards another person, is condemned as being one of the evil results of sinful human nature. It is the opposite of love and should not be found in the lives of God’s people (Lev 19:17; Matt 5:44; Gal 5:20; Col 3:8; 1 Peter 2:1; 1 John 4:20). People whose lives are under the power of sin hate what is good, hate those who are righteous, and hate God (1 Kings 22:8; Ps 69:4; Micah 3:2; John 3:20; 15:18,23-25; 17:14).God’s people, by contrast, are not to hate those who hate them, but do them good (Luke 6:27). But they must hate wickedness, just as God hates it (Ps 97:10; 119:104; Prov 6:16-19; Isa 61:8; Heb 1:9; Jude 23; Rev 2:6).
Sometimes the Bible uses the word ‘hate’ in a special sense that has nothing to do with either the bitterness or the opposition outlined in the examples above. It is used in a situation where a choice has to be made between two things or two people. One is chosen, or ‘loved’, the other is rejected, or ‘hated’ (Gen 29:30-31; Mal 1:2-3; Luke 14:26-27; John 12:25; Rom 9:10-13).
