Psa 11:5, 50:16-21, 52:3-4, Hos 7:3, Mic 3:2, Mar 14:11, Joh 3:19-21 | ESV | STEP | The Lord tests the righteous , but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence .

Psalms 11:5

5 The Lord ^atests the righteous,
but ^bhis soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

Psalms 50:16-21

16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?
17 ^cFor you hate discipline,
^dand you cast my words behind you.
18 If you see a thief, ^eyou are pleased with him,
^fand you keep company with adulterers.
19 “You give your mouth free rein for evil,
^gand your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;
you slander your own mother’s son.
21 These things you have done, and I ^hhave been silent;
you thought that I ^{▼▼Or that the I am} was one like yourself.
But now I ^jrebuke you and ^klay the charge before you.

Psalms 52:3-4

3 You love evil more than good,
and ^llying more than speaking what is right. Selah
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.

Hosea 7:3

3 By their evil ^mthey make ⁿthe king glad,
and the princes by their treachery.

Micah 3:2

2 you ^owho hate the good and love the evil,
^pwho tear the skin from off my people ^{▼▼Hebrew from off them}
and their flesh from off their bones,

Mark 14:11

11 And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to ^rbetray him.

John 3:19-21

19 ^sAnd this is the judgment: ^tthe light has come into the world, and ^upeople loved the darkness rather than the light because ^vtheir works were evil. 20 ^wFor everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, ^xlest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever ^ydoes what is true ^zcomes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”