TSK · 2 Chronicles 18:7

When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him,“Is it really you, the one who brings disaster on Israel?”

The prophet then said to him,“This is what the LORD has said,‘Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.’”

When Jehoram saw Jehu, he asked,“Is everything all right, Jehu?” He replied,“How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?”

Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

Rescue me from the mud! Don’t let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water!

Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.

They say to the visionaries,“See no more visions!” and to the seers,“Don’t relate messages to us about what is right! Tell us nice things; relate deceptive messages.

So these officials said to the king,“This man must be put to death. For he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in the city as well as all the other people there by these things he is saying. This man is not seeking to help these people but is trying to harm them.”

The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.

For John had repeatedly told Herod,“It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

“Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!

The World’s Hatred“If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first.

Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all.