John 3:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

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  • John 7:7 : 7 It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.
  • Eph 5:11-13 : 11 And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear; 12 For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words. 13 But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, Micaiah, son of Imlah; but I have no love for him, for he is a prophet of evil to me and not of good. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
  • Job 24:13-17 : 13 Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them. 14 He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need. 15 And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about; 16 In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light. 17 For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.
  • Ps 50:17 : 17 Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;
  • Prov 15:12 : 12 The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
  • Amos 5:10-11 : 10 They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them. 11 So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.
  • Luke 11:45 : 45 And one of the teachers of the law, answering, said to him, Master, in saying this, you give a bad name to us as to them.
  • Jas 1:23-25 : 23 Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass; 24 For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like. 25 But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

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  • John 3:18-19
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    18The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.

    19And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

  • John 3:21
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    21But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

  • Eph 5:11-13
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    11And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;

    12For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words.

    13But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.

  • 1 John 2:9-11
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    9He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.

    10He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.

    11But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

  • John 1:8-9
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    8He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.

    9The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.

  • John 1:5
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    5And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.

  • 1 John 1:5-8
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    5This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

    6If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

    7But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

    8If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

  • 1 John 3:4
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    4Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.

  • John 7:7
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    7It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

  • John 11:10
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    10But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.

  • Matt 5:15-16
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    15And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house.

    16Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

  • Luke 11:33
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    33No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

  • John 12:46
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    46I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.

  • John 12:35-36
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    35Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

    36In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.

  • Job 24:13-14
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    13Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.

    14He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.

  • 1 John 3:12-13
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    12Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.

    13Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.

  • Luke 8:16-17
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    16No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it, or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

    17For nothing is put out of view which will not be made clear, and nothing is secret of which the knowledge will not come to light.

  • 1 John 3:6-8
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    6Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.

    7My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

    8The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.

  • Matt 6:23
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    23But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

  • Job 34:22
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    22There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    35So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.

    36If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it dark, it will be completely full of light, as when a flame with its bright shining gives you light.

  • 1 John 3:15
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    15Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.

  • 1 John 5:17
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    17All evil-doing is sin: but death is not the punishment for every sort of sin.

  • Prov 8:36
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    36But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.

  • Prov 24:20
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    20For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

  • Isa 5:20
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    20Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!

  • John 15:23
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    23He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.

  • Rom 1:18
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    18For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;

  • 2 John 1:11
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    11For he who gives him words of love has a part in his evil works.

  • John 8:12
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    12Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.

  • 1 Tim 5:20
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    20Say sharp words to sinners when all are present, so that the rest may be in fear.