John 3:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

People who do evil hate the light and won't come to the light, because it clearly shows what they have done.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:9

Then she took the bread out of the pan and put it on his plate, but he refused to eat it. Amnon said, “Send the servants out of the house.” After they had gone,

1 Kings 22:8

“We could ask Micaiah son of Imlah,” Ahab said. “But I hate Micaiah. He always has bad news for me.” “Don't say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

1 Kings 3:20

Then while I was still asleep, she got up and took my son out of my bed. She put him in her bed, then she put her dead baby next to me.

Psalm 50:17

You refused correction and rejected my commands.

Proverbs 1:29

No, you would not learn, and you refused to respect the LORD.

Proverbs 15:12

Those who sneer at others don't like to be corrected, and they won't ask help from someone with sense.

Proverbs 16:30

When someone winks or grins behind your back, trouble is on the way.

Proverbs 2:13

who turned from doing good to live in the darkness.

Proverbs 4:18

The lifestyle of good people is like sunlight at dawn that keeps getting brighter until broad daylight.

Proverbs 5:12

and shout, “I hated advice and correction!

Jeremiah 9:6

Everyone takes advantage of everyone else, and no one will admit that I am God.

Luke 11:45

A teacher of the Law of Moses spoke up, “Teacher, you said cruel things about us.”

John 3:21

But everyone who lives by the truth will come to the light, because they want others to know that God is really the one doing what they do.

John 7:7

The people of this world cannot hate you. They hate me, because I tell them that they do evil things.