Hate What is Evil

I was reading in Proverbs recently and stumbled across this verse which made me do a lot of thinking.

"To fear the Lord is to hate evil.." Proverbs 8:13a

Do I truly hate evil? If not, do I really fear the Lord? Sometimes it is tempting to love the sins of this world. Sin can be very exciting and give pleasure at the time, but sin is evil. We must hate it. We shouldn't even just dip our toes in occasionally either. If we truly hate something, we will do whatever we can to stay a way from it. Ephesians 5:3 says, 

" But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people."

We must flee from sin, and not let even a hint of it in our lives. Rather we must cling to what is good.

"Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good." Romans 12:9

Kick out your sin,
You know it is evil.
Don't let it win.
It will rule you forever.

Sin makes you think,
That evil's quite fun,
But hate what is evil.
Force it to run.

Cling to what's good.
Grasp things that are true.
God's love is a hood,
A protection from harm.