John 3:20

American Standard Version (1901)

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

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  • John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
  • Eph 5:11-13 : 11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them; 12 for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of. 13 But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.
  • 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.
  • Job 24:13-17 : 13 These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof. 14 The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light. 17 For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
  • Ps 50:17 : 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
  • Prov 15:12 : 12 A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.
  • Amos 5:10-11 : 10 They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. 11 Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
  • Luke 11:45 : 45 And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also.
  • Jas 1:23-25 : 23 For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: 24 for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But he that looketh into the perfect law, the [law] of liberty, and [so] continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.

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    18He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

    19And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

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    21But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

  • Eph 5:11-13
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    11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

    12for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.

    13But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.

  • 1 John 2:9-11
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    9He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

    10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

    11But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

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    10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

  • John 1:8-9
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    8He was not the light, but [came] that he might bear witness of the light.

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    11Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

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    5And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

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    5And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

    6If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

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    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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    4Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

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

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    10But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.

  • Matt 5:15-16
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    15Neither do [men] light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.

    16Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

  • Luke 11:33
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    33No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they which enter in may see the light.

  • John 12:46
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    46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.

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    13These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

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    12not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

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    6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.

    7[ My] little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:

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    23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!

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    22There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    35Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

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

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    17All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

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    36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.

  • Prov 24:20
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    20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

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    20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

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    23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

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    18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;

  • 2 John 1:11
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    11for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.

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    12Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  • 1 Tim 5:20
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    20Them that sin reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.