Psalm 97:10
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10 You who love the Lord, hate evil;
he guards the lives of his faithful;
he rescues them from the hand of the wicked.(A)
Proverbs 8:13
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13 The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and perverted speech I hate.(A)
Romans 12:9
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Marks of the True Christian
9 Let love be genuine; hate what is evil; hold fast to what is good;
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Psalm 145:20
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20 The Lord watches over all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.(A)
Jeremiah 15:21
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21 I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked
and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.(A)
Psalm 34:14
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14 Depart from evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it.(A)
Daniel 3:28
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28 Nebuchadnezzar said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him. They disobeyed the king’s command and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.(A)
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2 Thessalonians 3:2
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2 and that we may be rescued from wicked and evil people, for not all have faith.
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Amos 5:15
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15 Hate evil and love good,
and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.(A)
Proverbs 2:8
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8 guarding the paths of justice
and preserving the way of his faithful ones.(A)
Psalm 31:23
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23 Love the Lord, all you his saints.
The Lord preserves the faithful
but abundantly repays the one who acts haughtily.(A)
1 John 5:18
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18 We know that those who are born of God do not sin, but the one who was born of God protects them, and the evil one does not touch them.[a](A)
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- 5.18 Other ancient authorities read protects himself, and the evil one does not touch him
1 John 4:19
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19 We love[a] because he first loved us.
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- 4.19 Other ancient authorities add him or God
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