John 3:20

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John 3:20

For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil." And Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so."

Job 24:13-17

"There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.

Psalm 50:17

For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.

Proverbs 1:29

Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

Proverbs 5:12

and you say, "How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Proverbs 15:12

A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

Amos 5:10-11

They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth.

Luke 11:45

One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also."

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.

Ephesians 5:11-13

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

James 1:23-25

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.

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John 3:20

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

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Reproved

Ephesians 5:12

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The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.

"There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.

For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.

Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

and you say, "How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth.

One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also."

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.

Reproved

For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.

General references

the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind,

When the sun rises, they steal away and lie down in their dens.

But the Pharisees said, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons."

This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.

"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;