GUIDE TO THE SCRIPTURES
Hate, Hatred
See also Love; Enmity; Vengeance

Hate is a strong dislike for someone or for something.

I, God. visit the iniquity of the fathers upon the children of them that hate me, Ex. 20: 5. These six things doth the Lord hate, Prov. 6: 16. A foolish man despiseth his mother, Prov. 15: 20. He is despised and rejected of men, Isa. 53: 3. Do good to them that hate you, Matt. 5: 44. Either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other, Matt. 6: 24. Ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake, Matt. 10: 22. Every one that doeth evil hateth the light, John 3: 20. Let no man despise thy youth, 1 Tim. 4: 12. Because they are rich, they despise the poor, 2 Ne. 9: 30. Despise not the revelations of God, Jacob 4: 8. They had an eternal hatred against us, Jacob 7: 24. Men set at naught the counsels of God, and despise his words, D&C 3: 7. I was hated and persecuted for saying that I had seen a vision, JS-H 1: 25.