John 7:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said, “So, my enemy, you've found me at last.” Elijah answered: Yes, I have! Ahab, you have managed to do everything the LORD hates.

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.

Psalm 109:5

For being friendly and kind, they paid me back with meanness and hatred.

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 8:36

But if you don't find me, you hurt only yourself, and if you hate me, you are in love with death.

Isaiah 29:21

together with everyone who tells lies in court and keeps innocent people from getting a fair trial.

Isaiah 49:7

Israel, I am the holy LORD God, the one who rescues you. You are slaves of rulers and of a nation who despises you. Now this is what I promise: kings and rulers will honour you by kneeling at your feet. You can trust me! I am your LORD, the holy God of Israel, and you are my chosen ones.

Jeremiah 20:8

You have let me announce only destruction and death. Your message has brought me nothing but insults and trouble.

Leviticus 13:10

If he discovers that the sore spot is white with pus and that the hair around it has also turned white,

Zechariah 11:8

In less than a month, I became impatient with three shepherds who didn't like me, and I got rid of them.

Malachi 3:5

The LORD All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practise witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or ill-treat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

Luke 6:26

You are in for trouble when everyone says good things about you. That is what your own people said about those prophets who told lies.

John 17:14

I have told them your message. But the people of this world hate them, because they don't belong to this world, just as I don't.

John 3:19

The light has come into the world, and people who do evil things are judged guilty because they love the dark more than the light.

Romans 8:7

Our desires fight against God, because they do not and cannot obey God's laws.

Galatians 4:16

Am I now your enemy, just because I told you the truth?

James 4:4

You people aren't faithful to God! Don't you know that if you love the world, you are God's enemies? And if you decide to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.

1 John 4:5

These enemies belong to this world, and the world listens to them, because they speak its language.