Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

General references

Bible References

Are

Luke 16:8
And his master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder in their relation to their own age than the sons of the light.
John 3:31
He who comes from above is above all others. A son of earth belongs to earth and speaks of earth. He who comes from heaven is above all others.
John 7:6
Then Jesus said to them, "It is not yet time for me to act, but any time is suitable for you.
John 8:23
He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this world; I do not belong to this world.
John 15:19
If you belonged to the world, the world would love what was its own. But it is because you do not belong to the world, but I have selected you from the world, that the world hates you.
John 17:14
I have given them your message, and the world has come to hate them, for they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
Revelation 12:9
So the great dragon, the ancient serpent who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.

And

John 15:19
If you belonged to the world, the world would love what was its own. But it is because you do not belong to the world, but I have selected you from the world, that the world hates you.
John 17:14
I have given them your message, and the world has come to hate them, for they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
2 Timothy 4:3
For a time will come when they will not listen to wholesome instruction, but will overwhelm themselves with teachers to suit their whims and tickle their fancies,
2 Peter 2:2
Many people will follow their immoral ways, and they will cause the true way to be maligned.

General references

John 8:47
Whoever is sprung from God listens to God's words. The reason you refuse to listen is that you are not sprung from God."
John 10:5
But they will never follow a stranger but will run away from him, because they do not know the voices of strangers."