John 3:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

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  • John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, 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 expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. 13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light: for whatever makes manifest is light.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
  • Job 24:13-17 : 13 They are among those who rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths. 14 The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief. 15 The eye of the adulterer waits for twilight, saying, No eye shall see me, and disguises his face. 16 In the dark they break into houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light. 17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death; if one knows them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
  • Ps 50:17 : 17 Seeing you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you.
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD;
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just is like the shining light, that shines 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 scorner does not love one who reproves him, nor will he go to the wise.
  • Amos 5:10-11 : 10 They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly. 11 Since you tread upon the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.
  • Luke 11:45 : 45 Then one of the lawyers answered and said to him, Teacher, by saying this you reproach us also.
  • Jas 1:23-25 : 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 For he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 3:18-19
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    18He who believes in him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

    19This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

  • John 3:21
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    21But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.

  • Eph 5:11-13
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    11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.

    12For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.

    13But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light: for whatever makes manifest is light.

  • 1 John 2:9-11
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    9He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now.

    10He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

    11But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

  • John 1:8-9
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    8He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

    9That was the true Light, which gives light to every man coming into the world.

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11Beloved, do not follow what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: but he who does evil has not seen God.

  • John 1:5
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    5And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

  • 1 John 1:5-8
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    5This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

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

    7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

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

  • 1 John 3:4
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    4Whoever commits sin also transgresses the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

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

  • John 11:10
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    10But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.

  • Matt 5:15-16
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    15Neither do men light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

    16Let your light so 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 one, when he has lit a candle, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a candlestick, 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, that whoever believes in me should not remain in darkness.

  • John 12:35-36
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    35Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; for he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

    36While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be children of light. These things Jesus spoke, and departed and hid himself from them.

  • Job 24:13-14
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    13They are among those who rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.

    14The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.

  • 1 John 3:12-13
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    12Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

    13Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.

  • Luke 8:16-17
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    16No man, when he has lit a candle, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but sets it on a candlestick, that those who enter in may see the light.

    17For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hidden, that shall not be known and come abroad.

  • 1 John 3:6-8
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    6Whoever abides in him does not sin: whoever sins has not seen him, nor known him.

    7Little children, let no one deceive you: he who does righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.

    8He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

  • Matt 6:23
    71%

    23But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • Job 34:22
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    22There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    35Take heed therefore that the light which is in you is not darkness.

    36If your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle gives you light.

  • 1 John 3:15
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    15Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

  • 1 John 5:17
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    17All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

  • Prov 8:36
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    36But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.

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

  • Isa 5:20
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    20Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

  • John 15:23
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    23He who hates me hates my Father also.

  • Rom 1:18
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    18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness;

  • 2 John 1:11
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    11For he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.

  • John 8:12
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    12Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world: he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  • 1 Tim 5:20
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    20Those who sin rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.