The Bible teaches us how to treat those who hate us. When someone hates us, we feel hurt. But as followers of Christ, we are to love those who hate us.
We can learn a lot from the life of the Lord Jesus about how to treat those who hate us. Before Jesus was crucified, Jesus showed love to those who mocked and insulted him. Jesus prayed, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” From this, we can learn to forgive and love those who hate us.
As we walk in God’s way in this world, people often insult and hate us, but we must remember that God wants us to love them.
Dear friends, now let’s see the Bible scriptures below that talk about ‘haters’.
Luke 21:17 :—
“Ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake”
Luke 6:22 :—
“Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, when they shall separate you from their company, shall reproach you, cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake”
Luke 6:27 :—
“But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you”
Proverbs 10:12 :—
“Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins”
Proverbs 11:9 :—
“An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered”
Proverbs 15:1 :—
“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger”
Proverbs 24:17 :—
“Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth”
Proverbs 25:21 :—
“If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; if he be thirsty, give him water to drink”
Proverbs 26:24 :—
“He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, layeth up deceit within him”
Proverbs 26:26 :—
“Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation”
Romans 12:14 :—
“Bless them which persecute you: bless, curse not”
Romans 12:20-21 :—
“Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his headBe not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good”
Romans 8:35 :—
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”
John 15:18 :—
“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you”
John 15:25 :—
“But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause”
John 7:7 :—
“The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil”
Psalm 109:25 :—
“I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads”
Psalm 119:157 :—
“Many are my persecutors mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies”
Psalm 18:40 :—
“Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me”
Psalm 27:2 :—
“When the wicked, even mine enemies my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled fell”
Psalm 31:15 :—
“My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, from them that persecute me”
Psalm 35:11 :—
“False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not”
Psalm 35:19 :—
“Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause”
Psalm 38:19 :—
“But mine enemies are lively, they are strong: they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied”
Psalm 3:7 :—
“Arise, O Lord ; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly”
Psalm 41:5 :—
“Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, his name perish?”
Psalm 41:7 :—
“All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt”
Psalm 44:7 :—
“But thou hast saved us from our enemies, hast put them to shame that hated us”
Psalm 55:3 :—
“Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, in wrath they hate me”
Psalm 59:1 :—
“Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me”
Psalm 69:14 :—
“Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, out of the deep waters”
Psalm 83:2 :—
“For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: they that hate thee have lifted up the head”
Psalm 86:17 :—
“Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, be ashamed: because thou, Lord , hast holpen me, comforted me”
Psalm 89:23 :—
“I will beat down his foes before his face, plague them that hate him”
Ephesians 4:31 :—
“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour, evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice”
Matthew 10:22 :—
“Ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved”
Matthew 24:9 :—
“Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, shall kill you: ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake”
Matthew 5:10-12 :—
“Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heavenBlessed are ye, when men shall revile you, persecute you, shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sakeRejoice, be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you”
Micah 7:6 :—
“For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house”
Isaiah 66:5 :—
“Hear the word of the Lord , ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, they shall be ashamed”
Jeremiah 1:19 :—
“They shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord , to deliver thee”
Acts 9:23 :—
“After that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him”
Galatians 4:29 :—
“But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now”
Philippians 1:28 :—
“In nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, that of God”
Hebrews 10:33 :—
“Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches afflictions; partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used”