John 3:20

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John 3:20

Everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his actions may not be exposed.

1 Kings 22:8

"There is still one man left by whom we could ask the LORD what to do," the king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, "but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me. Instead, he prophesies evil. He is Imla's son Micaiah." But Jehoshaphat rebuked Ahab, "Kings should never talk like that."

Job 24:13-17

"Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don't stay on its course.

Psalm 50:17

You hate instruction and toss my words behind you.

Proverbs 1:29

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

Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that grows brighter until the full light of day.

Proverbs 5:12

and you will say, "How I hated instruction, and my heart rejected correction!

Proverbs 15:12

The arrogant mocker never loves the one who corrects him; he will not inquire of the wise.

Amos 5:10-11

They have hated those who are presenting their cases in court, detesting the one who speaks truthfully.

Luke 11:45

Then one of the experts in the Law told him, "Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us, too."

John 7:7

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

Ephesians 5:11-13

and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.

James 1:23-25

For if anyone hears the word but is not obedient to it, he is like a man who looks at himself 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 against it that its actions are evil.

"Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don't stay on its course.

You hate instruction and toss my words behind you.

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

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that grows brighter until the full light of day.

and you will say, "How I hated instruction, and my heart rejected correction!

The arrogant mocker never loves the one who corrects him; he will not inquire of the wise.

They have hated those who are presenting their cases in court, detesting the one who speaks truthfully.

Then one of the experts in the Law told him, "Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us, too."

For if anyone hears the word but is not obedient to it, he is like a man who looks at himself in a mirror

Reproved

For it is shameful even to mention what is done by these disobedient people in secret.

General references

ostrich, nighthawk, seagull, hawks of every kind,

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

But the Pharisees kept saying, "He drives out demons by the ruler of demons."

That's why I speak to them in parables, because "they look but don't see, and they listen but don't hear or understand.'

They were unaware of what was happening until the flood came and swept all of them away. That's how it will be when the Son of Man comes.

And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.

But it is because I speak the truth that you don't believe me.

"If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you.

of sin, because they don't believe in me;