John 15:18

Bible in Basic English 1965

If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, Micaiah, son of Imlah; but I have no love for him, for he is a prophet of evil to me and not of good. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Proverbs 29:27

An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

Isaiah 49:7

The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.

Isaiah 53:3

Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.

Isaiah 66:5

Give ear to the word of the Lord, you who are in fear at his word: your countrymen, hating you, and driving you out because of my name, have said, Let the Lord's glory be made clear, so that we may see your joy; but they will be put to shame.

Zechariah 11:8

And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me.

Matthew 10:22

And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.

Matthew 24:9

Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

Matthew 5:11

Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

Mark 13:13

And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.

Luke 6:22

Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

John 16:1

I have said these things to you so that you may not be in doubt.

John 16:33

I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

John 3:20

The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

John 7:7

It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

Acts 14:22

Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.

Hebrews 12:2

Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.

James 4:4

O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.

1 John 3:1

See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

1 John 3:13

Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.

1 John 3:3

And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.