I am seeking scripture, does it say any where in the Bible that God hates anyone?

Question

chapter and verse please.

Answer 1

God specifically stated He hated Esau (spelling?)

Romans 9:13

Answer 2

You remember in Romans, chapter 9, God says, "Jacob have I loved and Esau have I hated." It doesn't say He hated Jacob, as the question indicates, but He says, "I love Jacob and I hate Esau." Now the question is, "Does God hate the person or does He hate what the person does?" Well, what does John 3:16 say, "For God so loved the whole world." So we know that everyone falls under the general category of the love of God, but there are a number of times in Scripture when God is expressed as "hating." I was thinking of Psalm 5:5 where it says, "The boastful shall not stand before Thine eyes; Thou dost hate all who do iniquity." Then over in Psalm 11:5, "The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and the one who loves violence His soul hates." Then over in Psalm 26:5, "I hate the assembly of evildoers." In Proverbs, an even more extensive statement is made in that familiar text of chapter six, verse sixteen, "There are six things which the Lord hates, seven are an abomination to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that run rapidly to evil, a false witness who utters lies, and one who spreads strife among brothers." And then, of course, in Proverbs 8:13, you probably have something which makes it very clear. It says, "The fear of the Lord (or true worship of God) is to hate evil; pride, arrogance and the evil way, and the perverted mouth I hate."

Now in all of these cases you can see clearly that what it is that God hates is not the individual but--what? The sin. He even lists the sins that He hates. When a person persists in those sins, it is the sin in the sinner persisted that God hates. Even God says, "I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked." The New Testament says that "The Lord does not desire that any should perish." And so it is the sin that He hates. In Jeremiah, I was just thinking of chapter 44, verse 4, it says, "I sent all my servants the prophets again, and again, saying 'Oh, do not this abominable thing which I hate.'" It is the deed of the sinner that the Lord hates. It is the act of
sin that the Lord hates. But, it is also true that the sinner who does not repent, who continues in the sin will feel the fury of God's hatred. In Malachi 1:4, it says that, "The Lord," towards people who sin, "is indignant forever."

Answer 3

Proverbs 6:16-19

Answer 4

I've noticed that a few people on here have stated that God hates the sin, not the sinner. Please. There are so many instances of murder and in at lest one battle Abraham wins, the girls and/or women survivors that are 'virgins', the winning soldiers get to keep for war 'prizes'. Killing people and forcing the living to marry their families' murderers? How is that loving?
And the Psalm 6 quote-I would agree that some describe actions but some clearly descibe a type of person.

Answer 5

Proverbs 6:16-19
six things the Lord hates

Answer 6

I think that it is important to first identify what God's hate means and also to distinguish the objects in question. If God's hate means eternal hatred, than the object must refer to something that is eternally evil. If the object is not considered eternally evil, than one can't necessarily say that God hates it eternally. Take man for example, God is merciful to him, yet he is different than Satan, for Satan is eternally evil with no hope of repentance or salvation for he was fully aware of what he was doing at the height of perfection. Mankind on the other hand was deceived, and thus a test of his loyalty was required through faith in his Son. God's love for his creation is based upon its intrinsically created value, and thus exists a need to save it for whatever it was worth when it was created, but only if that solution is possible.

Answer 7

Pro 6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Pro 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Pro 6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Pro 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Answer 8

Proverbs 6:16-19....There are six things that Jehovah does hate; yes, seven are things detestable to his soul: 17 lofty eyes, a false tongue, and hands that are shedding innocent blood, 18 a heart fabricating hurtful schemes, feet that are in a hurry to run to badness, 19 a false witness that launches forth lies, and anyone sending forth contentions among brothers.

Answer 9

It says about 20 times in the Bible that God hates a liar. (Old testament) And God very often was quoted as not liking the "stiff necked" Israelites.

Answer 10

Pr 6:16 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.

This does not say God hates anyone.

Answer 11

Try Proverbs 6:16 - the seven things GOD hates:

"Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers."