John 3:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

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  • John 7:7 : 7 the world is not able to hate you, but me it doth hate, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.
  • Eph 5:11-13 : 11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict, 12 for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of, 13 and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Yet -- one man to seek Jehovah by him, and I have hated him, for he doth not prophesy concerning me good, but evil -- Micaiah son of Imlah;' and Jehoshaphat saith, `Let not the king say so.'
  • Job 24:13-17 : 13 They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths. 14 At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief. 15 And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret. 16 He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light. 17 When together, morning `is' to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.
  • Ps 50:17 : 17 Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 And the path of the righteous `is' as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,
  • Prov 15:12 : 12 A scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.
  • Amos 5:10-11 : 10 They have hated a reprover in the gate, And a plain speaker they abominate. 11 Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.
  • Luke 11:45 : 45 And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him, `Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;'
  • Jas 1:23-25 : 23 because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror, 24 for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was; 25 and he who did look into the perfect law -- that of liberty, and did continue there, this one -- not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work -- this one shall be happy in his doing.

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    18he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

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    10In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,

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    4Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

  • John 7:7
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    7the world is not able to hate you, but me it doth hate, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.

  • John 11:10
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    10and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.'

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    13They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.

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    22There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

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    35take heed, then, lest the light that `is' in thee be darkness;

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  • Prov 8:36
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    36And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!

  • Prov 24:20
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  • Isa 5:20
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    18for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness.

  • 2 John 1:11
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    11for he who is saying to him, `Hail,' hath fellowship with his evil works.

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    20Those sinning, reprove before all, that the others also may have fear;