John 7:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify of it that its works are evil.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ The world cannot [be expected to] hate you, but it does hate Me because I denounce it for its wicked works and reveal that its doings are evil.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.

Common English Bible

⁷ The world can’t hate you. It hates me, though, because I testify that its works are evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ The world cannot hate you. But it hates me, because I offer testimony about it, that its works are evil.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth: because I give testimony of it, that the works thereof are evil.

John 7:7 Cross References

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord.

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.”

Psalm 109:5

So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Proverbs 15:12

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

Proverbs 8:36

but he who misses me injures himself; all who hate me love death.”

Isaiah 29:21

who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.

Isaiah 49:7

Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations, the servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Jeremiah 20:8

For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, “Violence and destruction!” For the word of the Lord has become for me a reproach and derision all day long.

Leviticus 13:10

and the priest shall make an examination, and if there is a white swelling in the skin, which has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw flesh in the swelling,

Zechariah 11:8

In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Luke 6:26

“Woe to you, when all men speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

John 17:14

I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

John 3:19

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

Romans 8:7

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, indeed it cannot;

Galatians 4:16

Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?

James 4:4

Unfaithful creatures! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

1 John 4:5

They are of the world, therefore what they say is of the world, and the world listens to them.