John 3:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.

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  • John 7:7 : 7 The world can not hate you: but me it hateth, because I testifie of it, that the workes thereof are euill.
  • Eph 5:11-13 : 11 And haue no fellowship with ye vnfruitfull works of darknes, but euen reproue them rather. 12 For it is shame euen to speake of the things which are done of them in secret. 13 But all thinges when they are reproued of the light, are manifest: for it is light that maketh all things manifest.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the King of Israel said vnto Iehoshaphat, There is yet one man (Michaiah the sonne of Imlah) by whom we may aske counsel of the Lord, but I hate him: for he doeth not prophecie good vnto me, but euill; Iehoshaphat sayd, Let not the King say so.
  • Job 24:13-17 : 13 These are they, that abhorre the light: they know not the wayes thereof, nor continue in the paths thereof. 14 The murtherer riseth earely & killeth the poore and the needie: and in the night he is as a theefe. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, and sayth, None eye shal see me, and disguiseth his face. 16 They digge through houses in the darke, which they marked for themselues in the daye: they knowe not the light. 17 But the morning is euen to them as the shadow of death: if one knowe them, they are in the terrours of the shadowe of death.
  • Ps 50:17 : 17 Seeing thou hatest to bee reformed, and hast cast my wordes behinde thee?
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite day.
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And say, How haue I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction!
  • Prov 15:12 : 12 A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he goe vnto the wise.
  • Amos 5:10-11 : 10 They haue hated him, that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorred him that speaketh vprightly. 11 Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and yee take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shal not dwel in them: ye haue plated pleasant vineyards, but ye shal not drinke wine of them.
  • Luke 11:45 : 45 Then answered one of the Lawyers, and saide vnto him, Master, thus saying thou puttest vs to rebuke also.
  • Jas 1:23-25 : 23 For if any heare the woorde, and doe it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse. 24 For when he hath considered himselfe, hee goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what maner of one he was. 25 But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe of libertie, and continueth therein, hee not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the woorke, shalbe blessed in his deede.

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    18Hee that beleeueth in him, is not condemned: but hee that beleeueth not, is condemned already, because he hath not beleeued in the Name of that onely begotten Sonne of God.

    19And this is the condemnation, that that light came into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then that light, because their deedes were euill.

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    21But he that doeth trueth, commeth to the light, that his deedes might bee made manifest, that they are wrought according to God.

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    11And haue no fellowship with ye vnfruitfull works of darknes, but euen reproue them rather.

    12For it is shame euen to speake of the things which are done of them in secret.

    13But all thinges when they are reproued of the light, are manifest: for it is light that maketh all things manifest.

  • 1 John 2:9-11
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    9He that saith that hee is in that light, and hateth his brother, is in darkenes, vntill this time.

    10Hee that loueth his brother, abideth in that light, & there is none occasion of euil in him.

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

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10In this are the children of God knowen, and the children of the deuil: whosoeuer doeth not righteousnesse, is not of God, neither he that loueth not his brother.

  • John 1:8-9
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    8He was not that light, but was sent to beare witnesse of that light.

    9This was that true light, which lighteth euery man that commeth into the world.

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    11Beloued, followe not that which is euill, but that which is good: he that doeth well, is of God: but he that doeth euill, hath not seene God.

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    5This then is the message which wee haue heard of him, and declare vnto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkenes.

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    7But if we walke in the light as he is in the light, we haue fellowship one with another, and the blood of Iesus Christ his Sonne clenseth vs from all sinne.

    8If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceiue our selues, and trueth is not in vs.

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    4Whosoeuer committeth sinne, transgresseth also the Law: for sinne is the transgression of the Lawe.

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    7The world can not hate you: but me it hateth, because I testifie of it, that the workes thereof are euill.

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    10But if a man walke in the night, hee stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

  • Matt 5:15-16
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    15Neither doe men light a candel, and put it vnder a bushel, but on a candlesticke, and it giueth light vnto all that are in the house.

    16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in heauen.

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    46I am come a light into the world, that whosoeuer beleeueth in me, should not abide in darkenes.

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    12Not as Cain which was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers good.

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    16No man when he hath lighted a candle, couereth it vnder a vessell, neither putteth it vnder the bed, but setteth it on a candlesticke, that they that enter in, may see the light.

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    6Whosoeuer abideth in him, sinneth not: whosoeuer sinneth, hath not seene him, neither hath knowen him.

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    20Woe vnto them that speake good of euill, and euill of good, which put darkenes for light, and light for darkenes, that put bitter for sweete, and sweete for sowre.

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    23He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.

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