Proverbs 8:13
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13 All who fear the Lord will hate evil.
Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance,
corruption and perverse speech.
Psalm 97:10
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10 You who love the Lord, hate evil!
He protects the lives of his godly people
and rescues them from the power of the wicked.
Proverbs 16:6
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6 Unfailing love and faithfulness make atonement for sin.
By fearing the Lord, people avoid evil.
Proverbs 4:24
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24 Avoid all perverse talk;
stay away from corrupt speech.
1 Samuel 2:3
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3 “Stop acting so proud and haughty!
Don’t speak with such arrogance!
For the Lord is a God who knows what you have done;
he will judge your actions.
Amos 5:15
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15 Hate evil and love what is good;
turn your courts into true halls of justice.
Perhaps even yet the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies
will have mercy on the remnant of his people.[a]
Footnotes
- 5:15 Hebrew the remnant of Joseph.
1 Peter 5:5
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5 In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”[a]
1 Thessalonians 5:22
New Living Translation
22 Stay away from every kind of evil.
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Proverbs 16:18
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18 Pride goes before destruction,
and haughtiness before a fall.
Proverbs 6:12
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12 What are worthless and wicked people like?
They are constant liars,
Psalm 119:128
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128 Each of your commandments is right.
That is why I hate every false way.
2 Timothy 2:19
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19 But God’s truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,”[a] and “All who belong to the Lord must turn away from evil.”[b]
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Proverbs 6:16-19
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16 There are six things the Lord hates—
no, seven things he detests:
17 haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that kill the innocent,
18 a heart that plots evil,
feet that race to do wrong,
19 a false witness who pours out lies,
a person who sows discord in a family.
Psalm 5:4-5
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4 O God, you take no pleasure in wickedness;
you cannot tolerate the sins of the wicked.
5 Therefore, the proud may not stand in your presence,
for you hate all who do evil.
Romans 12:9
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9 Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.
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Psalm 119:104
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104 Your commandments give me understanding;
no wonder I hate every false way of life.
Psalm 101:3
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3 I will refuse to look at
anything vile and vulgar.
I hate all who deal crookedly;
I will have nothing to do with them.
Psalm 138:6
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6 Though the Lord is great, he cares for the humble,
but he keeps his distance from the proud.
Zechariah 8:17
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17 Don’t scheme against each other. Stop your love of telling lies that you swear are the truth. I hate all these things, says the Lord.”
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Proverbs 10:31
New Living Translation
31 The mouth of the godly person gives wise advice,
but the tongue that deceives will be cut off.
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