Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies.
Psalm 139:22
Still, and always will be a courageous prayer to pray.
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Psalm 139:23-24
From an early age, we are told: not to hate, not to say it, or act it out. Yet, David says he hates his enemies with total hatred.
- Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? And am I not grieved and do I not loathe those who rise up against You? I hate them with perfect hatred; they have become my enemies.
Psalm 139:21-22 (AMPC)
And, God tells us to hate.
- There are six things the LORD hates—no, seven things he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family.
Proverbs 6:16-19
I wanted to believe that hate meant something other than hate… something softer, but it doesn’t. Hate means hate.
Sane (saw-nay'): to hate, detest, be hostile to
We are called to love our enemies, but hate what they God hates.
- But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:44 (ESV) - Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
Romans 12:14 (ESV) - Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
1 Peter 3:9 (ESV)
The Seven Things God Hates: Gotguestions.org
Hate only what God hates, and love all that God loves.
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