Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hate' occurs 104 times in the standard works.

11 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hate' in the standard works and contain 10.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 139:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 8:13 (2 in 1 verse)

4 Ne. 1:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 71 76 147
Gen. 3 7 10
Ex. 1 1 2
Lev. 2 0 2
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 9 14 23
Josh. 0 1 1
Judg. 2 1 3
2 Sam. 1 6 7
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Esth. 0 2 2
Job 1 3 4
Ps. 28 14 42
Prov. 9 14 23
Eccl. 1 2 3
Isa. 1 3 4
Jer. 1 1 2
Ezek. 1 4 5
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 0 1 1
Amos 4 0 4
Micah 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
Mal. 0 2 2
NT 16 27 43
BM 8 10 18
DC 6 5 11
PGP 3 2 5
TOTAL 104 120 224

Gen. 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.

Gen. 29:31
And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

Gen. 29:33
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

Gen. 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.

Gen. 37:5
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

Gen. 37:8
And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

Gen. 49:23
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

Ex. 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.

Deut. 1:27
And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

Deut. 4:42
That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

Deut. 7:10
And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

Deut. 9:28
Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

Deut. 12:31
Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

Deut. 16:22
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God hateth.

Deut. 19:4
And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

Deut. 19:6
Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

Deut. 21:15
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

Deut. 21:16
Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:

Deut. 21:17
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Deut. 22:16
And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

Josh. 20:5
And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

Judg. 15:2
And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

2 Sam. 5:8
And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

2 Sam. 13:15
Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.

2 Sam. 13:22
And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

2 Sam. 19:6
In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

2 Sam. 22:18
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

Esth. 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;)

Esth. 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.

Job 16:9
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

Job 31:29
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

Job 34:17
Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

Ps. 5:5
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Ps. 11:5
The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Ps. 18:17
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

Ps. 26:5
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

Ps. 31:6
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.

Ps. 36:2
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

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

Ps. 45:7
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Ps. 50:17
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

Ps. 55:12
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

Ps. 81:15
The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

Ps. 106:10
And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Ps. 106:41
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

Ps. 120:6
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

Prov. 1:29
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

Prov. 5:12
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Prov. 11:15
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

Prov. 12:1
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Prov. 13:5
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Prov. 13:24
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Prov. 14:17
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

Prov. 14:20
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

Prov. 15:10
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

Prov. 15:27
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Prov. 26:24
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

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

Prov. 28:16
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

Prov. 29:24
Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

Eccl. 2:17
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Eccl. 2:18
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Isa. 1:14
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

Isa. 60:15
Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

Isa. 66:5
Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

Jer. 12:8
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

Ezek. 16:37
Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

Ezek. 23:28
For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:

Ezek. 23:29
And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Ezek. 35:6
Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

Hosea 9:15
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.

Mal. 1:3
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

Mal. 2:16
For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.