John 15:18

American Standard Version (1901)

If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] you.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 3:13 : 13 Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.
  • John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
  • Mark 13:13 : 13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 Blessed are ye when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
  • Matt 10:22 : 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah, Micaiah the son of Imlah: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
  • John 15:23-25 : 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • 1 John 3:3 : 3 And every one that hath this hope [set] on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
  • Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
  • Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
  • Matt 24:9 : 9 Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.
  • Luke 6:22 : 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 90%

    19 If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

    20 Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

    21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

  • 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.

  • 82%

    13 But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.

    14 I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  • 81%

    23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

    24 If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

    25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

  • 13 Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.

  • 78%

    16 Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

    17 These things I command you, that ye may love one another.

  • 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.

  • 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • 12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

  • John 16:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble.

    2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.

    3 And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

  • Matt 24:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9 Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.

    10 And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.

  • 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.

  • 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

  • 73%

    34 A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

    35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

  • Matt 5:43-44
    2 verses
    72%

    43 Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy:

    44 but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

  • 13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

  • 9 Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.

  • 16 They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.

  • 25 O righteous Father, the world knew thee not, but I knew thee; and these knew that thou didst send me;

  • Ps 139:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21 Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

    22 I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.

  • 15 If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

  • 27 for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father.

  • 27 But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,

  • 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

  • 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me.

  • 25 He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

  • 26 If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

  • 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they [as] of the world, and the world heareth them.

  • 18 As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world.

  • 33 These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

  • 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

  • 37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

  • 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my words: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

  • 23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

  • 11 Blessed are ye when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

  • 20 In that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

  • 38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

  • 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.