John 3:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.”
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“Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 3:20 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 13:9Then she brought the pan and set it down before him, but he refused to eat. “Send everyone away!” said Amnon. And everyone went out.
- 1 Kings 3:20So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.
- 1 Kings 22:8The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
- Job 24:13Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
- Job 24:16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
- Psalms 50:17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
- Proverbs 1:29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
- Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- Proverbs 5:12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
- Proverbs 15:12A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
- Proverbs 16:30He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
- Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
- Luke 11:45One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- James 1:23For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
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