John 3:20

World English Bible (2000)

For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

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  • John 7:7 : 7 The world can't hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
  • Eph 5:11-13 : 11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them. 12 For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of. 13 But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil." Jehoshaphat said, "Don't let the king say so."
  • Job 24:13-17 : 13 "These are of those who rebel against the light. They don't know its ways, nor stay in its paths. 14 The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light. 17 For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
  • Ps 50:17 : 17 since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 because they hated knowledge, and didn't choose the fear of Yahweh.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
  • Prov 15:12 : 12 A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
  • Amos 5:10-11 : 10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly. 11 Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
  • Luke 11:45 : 45 One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult 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 looking at his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

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    18 He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

    19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

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

  • Eph 5:11-13
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    11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

    12 For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.

    13 But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.

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

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

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

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.

  • John 1:8-9
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    8 He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.

    9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11 Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.

  • John 1:5
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    5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.

  • 1 John 1:5-8
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    5 This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to 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 the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.

    7 But 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.

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

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    4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

  • John 7:7
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    7 The world can't hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

  • John 11:10
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    10 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him."

  • Matt 5:15-16
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    15 Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

    16 Even so, let your light 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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    33 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.

  • John 12:46
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    46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

  • John 12:35-36
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    35 Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.

    36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light." Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.

  • Job 24:13-14
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    13 "These are of those who rebel against the light. They don't know its ways, nor stay in its paths.

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  • 1 John 3:12-13
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    12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

    13 Don't be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

  • Luke 8:16-17
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    16 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.

    17 For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.

  • 1 John 3:6-8
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    6 Whoever remains in him doesn't sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.

    7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

    8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

  • Matt 6:23
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    23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

  • Job 34:22
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    22 There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    35 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

    36 If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."

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

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

  • Prov 8:36
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    36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."

  • Prov 24:20
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    20 for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

  • Isa 5:20
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    20 Woe 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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    23 He who hates me, hates my Father also.

  • Rom 1:18
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    18 For 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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    11 for he who welcomes him participates in his evil works.

  • John 8:12
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    12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."

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