“Yet, it is not hard for us, if we wish it, to take up a love for justice and a hatred for iniquity. God has advantageously given all power to the rational soul, as that of loving, so also that of hating, in order that, guided by reason, we may love virtue but hate vice. It is possible at times to use hatred even prais…”
Basil of Caesarea, 4th c. — HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 17:8
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21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
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19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
— Psalms 139:21 —
22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: