HOLY HATRED

"The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.... But he that sinneth against Me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate Me love death" (Proverb 8:13,36).

There is a hatred that is good
That holy fear controls
Against the evil way that would
Destroy eternal souls.

The love of God must also hate;
We should not think it odd
That truest love won't tolerate
The sin that grieves our God.

The fear of God will teach us well
The wretchedness of pride
That sends eternal souls to hell
By pushing grace aside.

Love is not indifferent,
Unless it is not strong.
The love of God bids us repent
And hate the way that's wrong.