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In the context of the Bible, the term "hater" refers to an individual who harbors animosity, malice, or ill will towards others. This concept is addressed in various passages throughout the Scriptures, highlighting the moral and spiritual implications of harboring hatred.

Old Testament References

Hatred is often depicted as a destructive force that stands in opposition to the love and righteousness that God desires from His people. In the wisdom literature,Proverbs 10:12 states, "Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions." This verse contrasts the divisive nature of hatred with the unifying power of love, emphasizing the importance of love in maintaining harmony and peace.

The Psalms also address the issue of hatred, often in the context of the psalmist's enemies. InPsalm 25:19 , David cries out, "Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred." Here, hatred is portrayed as a characteristic of the wicked, those who oppose the righteous and seek their harm.

New Testament Teachings

The New Testament further develops the theme of love versus hatred, particularly in the teachings of Jesus and the apostles. Jesus, in His Sermon on the Mount, calls His followers to a higher standard of love, even towards their enemies. InMatthew 5:43-44 , He instructs, "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."

The apostle John, in his epistles, draws a clear line between love and hatred as indicators of one's spiritual state. In 1John 2:9 , he writes, "If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness." This passage underscores the incompatibility of hatred with the Christian walk, as those who truly abide in Christ are called to love one another.

Moral and Spiritual Implications

Hatred is seen as a manifestation of the sinful nature, which believers are called to put to death. The apostle Paul, in his letter to the Galatians, lists hatred among the "acts of the flesh" (Galatians 5:19-21), warning that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Instead, Christians are encouraged to cultivate the fruit of the Spirit, which includes love, peace, and kindness.

Furthermore, the Bible warns of the consequences of harboring hatred. In 1John 3:15 , it is stated, "Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer." This severe admonition highlights the gravity of hatred, equating it with murder in the heart and indicating its potential to lead one away from eternal life.

Practical Application

Believers are called to examine their hearts and rid themselves of any form of hatred, seeking instead to embody the love of Christ. This involves forgiving those who have wronged them, praying for their enemies, and striving to live at peace with all people. By doing so, they reflect the character of God and fulfill the commandment to love one another as Christ has loved them (John 13:34).

In summary, the Bible presents hatred as a destructive and sinful attitude that is contrary to the nature of God and the teachings of Christ. Believers are urged to reject hatred and embrace love, thereby living in accordance with the will of God and demonstrating the transformative power of the Gospel.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) One who hates.

Greek

2319. theostuges -- hating God
...hater of God. From theos and the base of stugnetos; hateful to God, ie Impious --
hater of God. see GREEK theos. see GREEK stugnetos....

Library

Of Such Kind, in the Time of thatHater of all Good...
... Piece XXIX. Of such kind, in the time of thathater of all good? Of such
kind, in the time of thathater of all good, will be...

Whether Anger is More Grievous than Hatred?
... Now the object of anger is the same in substance as the object of hatred; since,
just as thehater wishes evil to him whom he hates, so does the angry man wish...

Christianity Requires the Temper of Childhood.
... That man may become hardhearted, skeptical and sensual, ahater of his kind, ahater
of all that is holy and good, he must divest himself entirely of the fresh...

Man's Misery by the Fall
... in fetters. And whom is man enslaved to? To one that is ahater of him.
This was an aggravation of Israel's servitude. They that...

Blessed are they that Mourn
... A true mourner is a sin-hater.... To be a sin-hater implies two things: first,
to look upon sin as the most deadly evil, a complicated evil....

God's Testimony Concerning Man
... yet as one who will make no terms with sin, and will "by no means clear the guilty."
He declares man to be a lost one, a stray one, a rebel, nay a "hater of God...

Conversion
... CONVERSION. +Cause.+"The book of the Acts, opened at one place, shows a fiercehater
and persecutor of the Christians (8:3), opened at another place it shows...

The Testament of Gad Concerning Hatred.
... Whatsoever a man doeth, that doth thehater abhor: though he worketh the law of
the Lord, he praiseth him not; though he feareth the Lord, and taketh pleasure...

Social Joys of Heaven.
... our fellow-men. Hence all men love society, if we except the misanthrope
or man-hater, who is a moral monster. He has unfortunately...

The Boy and the Sunday School
... "The boy is a many-sided animal, with budding tastes, clamorous appetites, primitive
likes and dislikes, varied interests; an idealist andhater of shams, a...

Thesaurus

Hater (72 Occurrences)
... (n.) One who hates. Multi-Version ConcordanceHater (72 Occurrences).... you who are
ahater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God? (BBE)....

Lover (55 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 1:9 You have been a lover of righteousness and ahater of evil; and so God,
your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of...

Lazy (10 Occurrences)
... (WEB NIV). Proverbs 10:26 Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes,
so is thehater of work to those who send him. (See NAS)....

Effected (19 Occurrences)
... the days of her sorrow and of her wanderings, all the desired things which were
hers in days gone by; when her people came into the power of herhater and she...

Stronger (59 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 22:18 He made me free from my stronghater, from those who were
against me, because they were stronger than I. (BBE YLT)....

Basin (37 Occurrences)
... NIV). Proverbs 19:24 Thehater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and
will not even take it to his mouth again. (BBE). Proverbs...

Gets (122 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Proverbs 13:4 Thehater of work does not get his desires, but the soul
of the hard workers will be made fat. (See NAS RSV NIV)....

Untrue (50 Occurrences)
... Romans 2:22 You who say that a man may not be untrue to his wife, are you true to
yours? you who are ahater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God?...

Undertakings (20 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Proverbs 11:15 He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo
much loss; but thehater of such undertakings will be safe. (BBE)....

Underfoot (14 Occurrences)
... foot? (See NIV). Micah 7:10 And myhater will see it and be covered with
shame; she who said to me, Where is the Lord your God? my...

Resources

What does the Bible say about hate? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean that God is not mocked? | GotQuestions.org

Was Martin Luther anti-Semitic? | GotQuestions.org

Hater: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Hater (72 Occurrences)

Romans 2:22
You who say that a man may not be untrue to his wife, are you true to yours? you who are ahater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God?
(BBE)

Hebrews 1:9
You have been a lover of righteousness and ahater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.
(BBE)

James 4:4
O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself ahater of God.
(BBE)

1 Peter 5:5
And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is ahater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 7:10
Rewarding his haters to their face with destruction; he will have no mercy on his hater, but will give him open punishment.
(Root in BBE)

Judges 16:23
And the chiefs of the Philistines came together to make a great offering to Dagon their god, and to be glad; for they said, Our god has given into our hands Samson ourhater.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 19:17
And Saul said to Michal, why have you been false to me, letting myhater go and get safely away? And in answer Michal said to Saul, He said to me, Let me go, or I will put you to death.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 24:4
And David's men said to him, Now is the time when the Lord says to you, I will give up yourhater into your hands to do with him whatever seems good to you. Then David, getting up, took the skirt of Saul's robe in his hand, cutting off the end of it without his knowledge.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 24:19
If a man comes across hishater, will he let him get away safe? so may you be rewarded by the Lord for what you have done for me today.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 26:8
Then Abishai said to David, God has given up yourhater into your hands today; now let me give him one blow through to the earth with his spear, and there will be no need to give him a second.
(BBE)

2 Samuel 4:8
And they took the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul yourhater, who would have taken your life; the Lord has taken payment for the wrongs of my lord the king from Saul and his seed today.
(BBE)

2 Samuel 22:18
He made me free from my stronghater, from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
(BBE)

1 Kings 21:20
And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you come face to face with me, O myhater? And he said, I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.
(BBE)

Esther 3:10
And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, thehater of the Jews.
(BBE)

Esther 7:6
And Esther said, Ourhater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.
(BBE)

Esther 8:1
That day the king gave all the family of Haman, thehater of the Jews, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made clear what he was to her.
(BBE)

Esther 9:10
The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, thehater of the Jews; but they put not a hand on any of their goods.
(BBE)

Esther 9:24
Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, thehater of all the Jews, had made designs for their destruction, attempting to get a decision by Pur (that is, chance) with a view to putting an end to them and cutting them off;
(BBE)

Job 6:23
Or, Get me out of the power of myhater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?
(BBE)

Job 27:7
Let myhater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.
(BBE)

Job 31:29
If I was glad at the trouble of myhater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;
(BBE YLT)

Job 34:17
How may ahater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?
(BBE)

Psalms 5:5
The sons of pride have no place before you; you are ahater of all workers of evil.
(BBE)

Psalms 7:5
Let myhater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
(BBE)

Psalms 18:17
He made me free from my stronghater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
(BBE)

Psalms 26:5
I have been ahater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.
(BBE)

Psalms 31:8
And you have not given me into the hand of myhater; you have put my feet in a wide place.
(BBE)

Psalms 36:4
He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not ahater of evil.
(BBE)

Psalms 41:11
By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because myhater does not overcome me.
(BBE)

Psalms 44:16
Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of thehater and him who is the instrument of punishment.
(BBE)

Psalms 45:7
You have been a lover of righteousness and ahater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.
(BBE)

Psalms 55:12
For it was not myhater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;
(BBE)

Psalms 74:10
O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will thehater go on looking down on your name for ever?
(BBE)

Psalms 78:61
And he let his strength be taken prisoner, and gave his glory into the hands of hishater.
(BBE)

Psalms 119:104
Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am ahater of every false way.
(BBE)

Psalms 119:113
<SAMECH> I am ahater of men of doubting mind; but I am a lover of your law.
(BBE)

Psalms 119:128
Because of it I keep straight in all things by your orders; and I am ahater of every false way.
(BBE)

Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, youhater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
(BBE)

Proverbs 6:9
How long will you be sleeping, Ohater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?
(BBE)

Proverbs 10:26
Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is thehater of work to those who send him.
(BBE)

Proverbs 11:15
He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but thehater of such undertakings will be safe.
(BBE)

Proverbs 12:1
A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but ahater of teaching is like a beast.
(BBE)

Proverbs 13:4
Thehater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
(BBE)

Proverbs 13:5
The upright man is ahater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.
(BBE)

Proverbs 14:6
Thehater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
(BBE)

Proverbs 15:10
There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of thehater of teaching.
(BBE)

Proverbs 15:12
Thehater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
(BBE)

Proverbs 15:19
Thorns are round the way of thehater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
(BBE)

Proverbs 19:24
Thehater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.
(BBE)

Proverbs 20:4
Thehater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.
(BBE)

Proverbs 21:25
The desire of thehater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
(BBE)

Proverbs 22:13
Thehater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
(BBE)

Proverbs 24:9
The purpose of the foolish is sin: and thehater of authority is disgusting to others.
(BBE)

Proverbs 24:17
Do not be glad at the fall of yourhater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:
(BBE)

Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of thehater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;
(BBE)

Proverbs 25:21
If yourhater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:
(BBE)

Proverbs 26:13
Thehater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
(BBE)

Proverbs 26:14
A door is turned on its pillar, and thehater of work on his bed.
(BBE)

Proverbs 26:15
Thehater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.
(BBE)

Proverbs 26:16
Thehater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.
(BBE)

Proverbs 26:24
With his lips thehater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;
(BBE YLT)

Proverbs 27:6
The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of ahater are false.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 30:14
Your lovers have no more thought for you, they go after you no longer; for I have given you the wound of ahater, even cruel punishment;
(BBE)

Jeremiah 31:16
The Lord has said this: Keep your voice from sorrow and your eyes from weeping: for your work will be rewarded, says the Lord; and they will come back from the land of theirhater.
(BBE)

Lamentations 1:7
Jerusalem keeps in mind, in the days of her sorrow and of her wanderings, all the desired things which were hers in days gone by; when her people came into the power of herhater and she had no helper, her attackers saw their desire effected on her and made sport of her destruction.
(BBE)

Lamentations 1:10
The hand of herhater is stretched out over all her desired things; for she has seen that the nations have come into her holy place, about whom you gave orders that they were not to come into the meeting of your people.
(BBE)

Lamentations 1:16
For these things I am weeping; my eye is streaming with water; because the comforter who might give me new life is far from me: my children are made waste, because thehater is strong.
(BBE)

Lamentations 2:17
The Lord has done that which was his purpose; he has put into force the orders which he gave in the days which are past; pulling down without pity, he has made yourhater glad over you, lifting up the horn of those who were against you.
(BBE)

Lamentations 2:22
As in the day of a holy meeting you have made fears come round me on every side, and no one got away or was kept safe in the day of the Lord's wrath: those who were folded in my arms, whom I took care of, have been sent to their destruction by myhater.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 36:2
This is what the Lord has said: Because yourhater has said against you, Aha! and, The old waste places are our heritage, we have taken them:
(BBE)

Micah 7:8
Do not be glad because of my sorrow, O myhater: after my fall I will be lifted up; when I am seated in the dark, the Lord will be a light to me.
(BBE)

Micah 7:10
And myhater will see it and be covered with shame; she who said to me, Where is the Lord your God? my eyes will see their desire effected on her, now she will be crushed under foot like the dust of the streets.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Hater

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