But did you know God also hates? You may wonder: how God could be a God of love and a God of hate at the same time? Parents will readily identify with loving their children but will hate the wrong that they do. Scriptures tells us to love the good and hate the evil. We are told in Ecclesiastes 3:8 that there is “a time to love, and a time to hate.”
While Scripture, in many places, addresses things to hate, for purposes of this article we will focus primarily on a list of what God hates as referenced in Proverbs 6:16-19.
“These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”
God hates a proud look. The very first overt act of sin was pride as Lucifer proclaimed “I will be like the most High.” (Isaiah ...
