1 John 2:11
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
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- John 12:35 : 35 Then Jesus said unto them, ‹Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.›
- 1 John 2:9 : 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
- Rev 3:17 : 17 ‹Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:›
- Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
- John 12:40 : 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with [their] eyes, nor understand with [their] heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
- 2 Cor 3:14 : 14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which [vail] is done away in Christ.
- 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
- Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.
- 1 John 1:6 : 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
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8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
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10 In 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.
11 ¶ For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12 Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14 ¶ We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16 Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.
17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
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20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
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19 ‹And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.›
20 ‹For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.›
21 ‹But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.›
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5 ¶ This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 ¶ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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10 ‹But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.›
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23 ‹But 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] ‹that darkness!›
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34 ‹The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when› [thine eye] ‹is evil, thy body also› [is] ‹full of darkness.›
35 ‹Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.›
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5 ¶ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
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19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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35 Then Jesus said unto them, ‹Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.›
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12 ¶ I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
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23 ‹He that hateth me hateth my Father also.›
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23 ‹Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;›
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8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
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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.
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9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
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6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
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8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
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36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
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6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
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4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
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18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
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7 ‹The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.›
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26 [Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.
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17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
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13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
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18 ¶ ‹If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before› [it hated] ‹you.›
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12 ¶ Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
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4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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11 ¶ Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.