2 Chronicles 18:7
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7 The king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, “There is one more man who could consult the Lord for us, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything but trouble for me! His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.”
Jehoshaphat replied, “That’s not the way a king should talk! Let’s hear what he has to say.”
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Micah 2:7
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7 Should you talk that way, O family of Israel?[a]
Will the Lord’s Spirit have patience with such behavior?
If you would do what is right,
you would find my words comforting.
Amos 5:10
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10 How you hate honest judges!
How you despise people who tell the truth!
Luke 6:22
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22 What blessings await you when people hate you and exclude you and mock you and curse you as evil because you follow the Son of Man.
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Isaiah 30:10
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10 They tell the seers,
“Stop seeing visions!”
They tell the prophets,
“Don’t tell us what is right.
Tell us nice things.
Tell us lies.
1 Kings 21:20
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20 “So, my enemy, you have found me!” Ahab exclaimed to Elijah.
“Yes,” Elijah answered, “I have come because you have sold yourself to what is evil in the Lord’s sight.
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1 Kings 18:17
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17 When Ahab saw him, he exclaimed, “So, is it really you, you troublemaker of Israel?”
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Galatians 4:16
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16 Have I now become your enemy because I am telling you the truth?
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Acts 20:26-27
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26 I declare today that I have been faithful. If anyone suffers eternal death, it’s not my fault,[a] 27 for I didn’t shrink from declaring all that God wants you to know.
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- 20:26 Greek I am innocent of the blood of all.
John 15:24
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24 If I hadn’t done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be guilty. But as it is, they have seen everything I did, yet they still hate me and my Father.
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John 15:18-19
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The World’s Hatred
18 “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. 19 The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.
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John 7:7
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7 The world can’t hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil.
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Mark 6:27
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27 So he immediately sent an executioner to the prison to cut off John’s head and bring it to him. The soldier beheaded John in the prison,
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Mark 6:18-19
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18 John had been telling Herod, “It is against God’s law for you to marry your brother’s wife.” 19 So Herodias bore a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But without Herod’s approval she was powerless,
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Ezekiel 3:17-19
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17 “Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for Israel. Whenever you receive a message from me, warn people immediately. 18 If I warn the wicked, saying, ‘You are under the penalty of death,’ but you fail to deliver the warning, they will die in their sins. And I will hold you responsible for their deaths. 19 If you warn them and they refuse to repent and keep on sinning, they will die in their sins. But you will have saved yourself because you obeyed me.
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Jeremiah 38:4
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4 So these officials went to the king and said, “Sir, this man must die! That kind of talk will undermine the morale of the few fighting men we have left, as well as that of all the people. This man is a traitor!”
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Jeremiah 18:18
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A Plot against Jeremiah
18 Then the people said, “Come on, let’s plot a way to stop Jeremiah. We have plenty of priests and wise men and prophets. We don’t need him to teach the word and give us advice and prophecies. Let’s spread rumors about him and ignore what he says.”
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Proverbs 29:10
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10 The bloodthirsty hate blameless people,
but the upright seek to help them.[a]
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- 29:10 Or The bloodthirsty hate blameless people, / and they seek to kill the upright; Hebrew reads The bloodthirsty hate blameless people; / as for the upright, they seek their life.
Proverbs 25:12
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12 To one who listens, valid criticism
is like a gold earring or other gold jewelry.
Proverbs 9:8
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8 So don’t bother correcting mockers;
they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
and they will love you.
Psalm 69:14
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14 Rescue me from the mud;
don’t let me sink any deeper!
Save me from those who hate me,
and pull me from these deep waters.
Psalm 55:3
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3 My enemies shout at me,
making loud and wicked threats.
They bring trouble on me
and angrily hunt me down.
Psalm 34:21
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21 Calamity will surely destroy the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be punished.
2 Chronicles 18:13
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13 But Micaiah replied, “As surely as the Lord lives, I will say only what my God says.”
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2 Kings 9:22
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22 King Joram demanded, “Do you come in peace, Jehu?”
Jehu replied, “How can there be peace as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother, Jezebel, are all around us?”
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