There are several challenging passages in the Bible where we learn what God hates.  These are hard to square for all of us who know and pray to a loving God. How could God who Himself is love-hate-which seems love’s very opposite?  Well just as bright light casts a shadow, so is love accompanied by hate.  In fact in order to love most deeply, by definition we simultaneously must hate whatever ruins that love.  For example: If you deeply love the innocence and beauty of young children, you must deeply hate abuse and neglect of such innocents.  If you love the truth, you must hate lies and mistruth.  If you love human flourishing you must hate war and dictatorship.  Well God deeply loves human beings, so it makes sense that God hates one of our worst tendencies. God hates our human pride.  Now remember this hate is a reflex, an echo of his love. God hates pride because it replaces our greatest self with something much less wonderful and beautiful.