Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. Treasury of Scripture Hate. Psalm 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. Psalm 36:4 He devises mischief on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he abhors not evil. Psalm 37:27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever more. Psalm 97:10 You that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked. Psalm 119:104 Through your precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. Psalm 139:21,22 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate you? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against you... Romans 7:15,16,22 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I... Romans 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Romans 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; hold to that which is good. 1 Thessalonians 5:21,22 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good... 3 John 11 establish. Amos 5:10,24 They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly... Amos 6:12 Shall horses run on the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for you have turned judgment into gall... 2 Chronicles 19:6-11 And said to the judges, Take heed what you do: for you judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment... Psalm 82:2-4 How long will you judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah... Jeremiah 7:5-7 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor... it may. Exodus 32:30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said to the people, You have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up to the LORD... 2 Samuel 16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day. 1 Kings 20:31 And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray you... 2 Kings 19:4 It may be the LORD your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God... Joel 2:14 Who knows if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him... Jonah 3:9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? the remnant. Amos 5:6 Seek the LORD, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it... 2 Kings 13:7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen... 2 Kings 14:26,27 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left... 2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh... Jeremiah 31:7 For thus said the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish you, praise you, and say... Micah 2:12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel... Micah 5:3,7,8 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travails has brought forth...
Context A Call to Repentance
4For thus said the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live: 5But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing. 6Seek the LORD, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. 7You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, 8Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: 9That strengthens the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. 10They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly. 11For as much therefore as your treading is on the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them. 12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. 13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. 14Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken. 15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
Darby Bible Translation
Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
King James Bible
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Young's Literal Translation
Hate evil, and love good, And set up judgment in the gate, It may be Jehovah, God of Hosts, doth pity the remnant of Joseph.
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