Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
Bible References
Are
Luke 16:8
So the master commended the dishonest steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
John 3:31
"He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth belongs to the earth, and of the earth he speaks. He who comes from heaven is above all.
John 7:6
Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
John 8:23
He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
John 15:19
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
John 17:14
I have given them your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole worldhe was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
And
John 15:19
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
John 17:14
I have given them your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires,
2 Peter 2:2
And many will follow their licentiousness, and because of them the way of truth will be reviled.