HATE (Opposite is Love)
God hates: Worship of other gods or images; sacrificed sons and daughter to other gods; God hates rightfully; idolatry; evil deeds; wrong; robbery; those loving violence; loves those who hate evil and those Egyptians that hated Israel (Ps.105:23-25); haughtiness, lying, murdering, plotting evil, eagerness to do wrong, a false witness and sowing discord among brothers (Prov. 6:16-19); pious meetings; hated Esau – loved Jacob; show and pretense – hypocrisy; pride and false glory; those worshiping beautiful homes; plots to harm others; swearing lies; divorce and cruel men (taken from 25 scripture verses).
We hate: Low and vulgar things; crooked deals; false teaching; those undecided to obey God; every other way; lies and falsehood; God’s enemies; evil; pride; arrogance; corruption; deceit; our son if we don’t discipline; dishonesty; bribes; hates himself if a thief; time for hating; idols; father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters and own life (Luke 14:26); licentious deeds; sexual sin and idol feasts (taken from 19 scripture verses).
List of Scriptures
Ex. 20:5 (Worship of gods and images)
Deut.12:31 (Sacrifice children); 16:22 (Worship images)
Job 34:17 (God hates rightfully.)
Psa. 5:5 (Proud sinners); 11:5 (Violence); 45:7 (Wrong); 97:10 (Evil); 101:3 (Deals); 105:25 (Hated Israel); 119:104 (False Teaching); 113 (Undecided); 128 (Way); and 163 (Falsehood) 139:21-22
Prov. 6:16-19 (Seven things) (Evil), 8:13 (Lies), 13:5 (Son), 24:9 (Folly), 28:16 (Dishonesty and bribes), 29:24 (Hates himself)
Ecc. 3:8 (A time for hating)
Isa. 1:14 (Pious meetings), 61:8 (Robbery and wrong)
Jer. 44:4 (Worshiping other gods), Hosea 9:15 (Idolatry)
Amos 5:15, (Idols) (Hypocrisy) (Pride)
21 and 6:8
Zech. 8:17 (Lying and harming others)
Mal. 1:3 (Rejected Esau), 2:16 (Divorce and cruelty)
Matt.10:22 (Hate us for being Christians.)
Luke 14:26 (Father, mother, wife, children, brothers and sisters, own life)
John 12:25 (Despise life)
Rom. 9:13 (Chose not to bless Esau) (Hate wrong)
Rev. 2:6, (Licentiousness and sexual sin – Morally unreserved, wanton,
And 5 lascivious, voluptuous, dissolute, debauched, profligate and unbridled)
Psa.139:21 (Hate God’s enemies) hate, to hate enemy, be utterly odious, grieved
And 22 to cut off, detest, loathe self, hatred, exceeding hate.
VENGEANCE (Opposite is to let God repay your enemies)
Rom. 12:17-21 (Vengeance is mine; I will repay).
PRAYER
Love your enemies. First, forgive those that have hurt you. Bless them that curse you. Then ask God to break the curse. Do good to them that hate you. And ask God to bless them. Pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you. Pray for your enemies now (Matt. 5:44).
God Father, Son and Holy Spirit: Ask God for forgiveness for holding grudges against Him and blaming Him for tragedies in your lives.
Ancestors and Parents: Forgive them for the sins of the ancestors.
Husbands and Wives: Husbands ask God to forgive you for having bitterness against your wives. Wives ask God to forgive you for not submitting to your husbands. Children: Ask God to forgive you for not honoring and obeying your parents. Others: Forgive others for hurts and wrongs. Release them from sins against us.
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