John 15:18

King James Version 1611 (Original)

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 3:13 : 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
  • John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore 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 shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall 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 shall be saved.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: 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 man 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 might 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, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • 1 John 3:3 : 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
  • Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus saith the LORD, 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 also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
  • Isa 53:3 : 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
  • Matt 24:9 : 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all 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 shall 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.

  • John 15:19-21
    3 verses
    90%

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

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

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

  • John 7:7
    82%

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

  • John 17:13-14
    2 verses
    82%

    13And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

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

  • John 15:23-25
    3 verses
    81%

    23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

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

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

  • 1 John 3:13
    79%

    13Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

  • John 15:16-17
    2 verses
    78%

    16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

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

  • Luke 21:17
    77%

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

  • 1 John 2:15
    74%

    15Love 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.

  • John 15:12
    74%

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

  • John 16:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

    2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

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

  • Matt 24:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

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

    10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

  • John 5:42
    73%

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

  • Luke 6:22
    73%

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

  • John 13:34-35
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Matt 5:43-44
    2 verses
    72%

    43Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

    44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

  • Mark 13:13
    72%

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

  • John 15:9
    72%

    9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

  • John 17:16
    72%

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

  • John 17:25
    71%

    25O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

  • Ps 139:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

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

    22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

  • John 14:15
    71%

    15If ye love me, keep my commandments.

  • John 16:27
    71%

    27For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

  • Luke 6:27
    71%

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

  • Matt 10:22
    71%

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

  • John 17:23
    71%

    23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

  • John 12:25
    70%

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

  • Luke 14:26
    70%

    26If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

  • 1 John 4:5
    70%

    5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

  • John 17:18
    70%

    18As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

  • John 16:33
    70%

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

  • 1 John 3:15
    70%

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

  • John 8:37
    69%

    37I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

  • John 14:24
    69%

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

  • John 8:23
    69%

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

  • Matt 5:11
    69%

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

  • John 14:20
    69%

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

  • John 5:38
    69%

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

  • John 15:14
    68%

    14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.