John 3:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ The [basis of the] judgment (indictment, the test by which men are judged, the ground for the sentence) lies in this: the Light has come into the world, and people have loved the darkness rather than and more than the Light, for their works (deeds) were evil. [Isa. 5:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ “This is the basis for judgment: The light came into the world, and people loved darkness more than the light, for their actions are evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ And this is the judgment: that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness more than light. For their works were evil.

John 3:19 Cross References

John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”

2 Thessalonians 2:12

so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.

Romans 2:8

while for those who are self-seeking and who obey not the truth but injustice, there will be wrath and fury.

John 12:43

for they loved human glory more than the glory that comes from God.

Romans 1:32

They know God’s decree, that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only do them but even applaud others who practice them.

John 5:44

How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?

2 Peter 3:3

First of all you must understand this, that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and indulging their own lusts

John 1:4

in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.

Luke 12:47

That slave who knew what his master wanted but did not prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.

1 Peter 2:8

and “A stone that makes them stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

John 7:7

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

John 7:17

Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.

Proverbs 2:13

who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,

Jeremiah 9:6

Oppression upon oppression, deceit upon deceit! They refuse to know me, says the Lord.

John 1:5

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.

John 9:5

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 12:31

Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.

John 12:46

I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.

Leviticus 11:16

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

Leviticus 13:10

The priest shall make an examination, and if there is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white and there is a patch of raw flesh in the swelling,

Zechariah 14:19

Such shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to keep the Festival of Booths.