Romans 12:9
Good News Translation
Love must be completely sincere. Hate what is evil, hold on to what is good.

New Revised Standard Version
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good;

Contemporary English Version
Be sincere in your love for others. Hate everything that is evil and hold tight to everything that is good.

New American Bible
Let love be sincere; hate what is evil, hold on to what is good;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good,

love.

2 Samuel 20:9,10 And Joab said to Amasa: God save thee, my brother. And he took Amasa by the chin with his right hand to kiss him. . . .

Psalm 55:21 They are divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts.

Proverbs 26:25 When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart.

Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Matthew 26:49 And forthwith coming to Jesus, he said: Hail, Rabbi. And he kissed him.

John 12:6 Now he said this not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief and, having the purse, carried the things that were put therein.

2 Corinthians 6:6 In chastity, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in sweetness, in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned,

2 Corinthians 8:8 I speak not as commanding: but by the carefulness of others, approving also the good disposition of your charity.

1 Thessalonians 2:3 For our exhortation was not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deceit.

1 Timothy 1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith.

James 2:15,16 And if a brother or sister be naked and want daily food: . . .

1 Peter 1:22 Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:

1 Peter 4:8 But before all things have a constant mutual charity among yourselves: for charity covereth a multitude of sins.

1 John 3:18-20 My little children, let us not love in word nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth. . . .

Abhor.

Psalm 34:14 Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it.

Psalm 36:4 He hath devised iniquity on his bed, he hath set himself on every way that is not good: but evil he hath not hated.

Psalm 45:7 Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Psalm 97:10 You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.

Psalm 101:3 I will not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers of iniquities.

Psalm 119:104,163 By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity. . . .

Proverbs 8:13 Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.

Amos 5:15 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.

Hebrews 1:9 Thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

cleave.

Acts 11:23 Who, when he was come and had seen the grace of God, rejoiced. And he exhorted them all with purpose of heart to continue in the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 5:15 See that none render evil for evil to any man: but ever follow that which is good towards each other and towards all men.

Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men and holiness: without which no man shall see God.

1 Peter 3:10,11 For he that will love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile. . . .

Context
Love, Zeal, Hope, Hospitality
8He that exhorteth, in exhorting; he that giveth, with simplicity; he that ruleth, with carefulness; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. 9Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good, 10Loving one another with the charity of brotherhood: with honour preventing one another.…
Cross References
Psalm 36:4
He hath devised iniquity on his bed, he hath set himself on every way that is not good: but evil he hath not hated.

Psalm 97:10
You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.

Amos 5:15
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.

2 Corinthians 6:6
In chastity, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in sweetness, in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned,

1 Thessalonians 5:15
See that none render evil for evil to any man: but ever follow that which is good towards each other and towards all men.

1 Thessalonians 5:21
But prove all things: hold fast that which is good.

1 Timothy 1:5
Now the end of the commandment is charity from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith.

James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation.

Romans 12:8
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