John 7:7

Easy To Read Version

The world cannot hate you. But the world hates me. Why? Because I tell the people in the world that they do evil things.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:20

So Elijah went to Ahab. Ahab saw Elijah and said, “You have found me again. You are always against me.”

1 Kings 22:8

King Ahab answered, “There is one other prophet. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him. When he speaks for the Lord, he never says anything good for me. He always says things that I don’t like.”

Psalm 109:5

I did good things to those people.\par but they are doing bad things to me.\par I loved them,\par but they hated me.\par

Proverbs 15:12

The foolish person hates to be told when he is wrong. And that person refuses to ask wise people for advice.

Proverbs 8:36

But the person who sins against me\par hurts himself.\par All people who hate me love death!”\par

Isaiah 29:21

(Those people lie about good people. They try to trap people in court. They try to destroy innocent people.)

Isaiah 49:7

The Lord, the Holy One of Israel,\par the Protector of Israel says,\par “My Servant is humble.\par He serves rulers.\par But people hate him.\par But, kings will see him,\par and stand \{to honor him\}.\par Great leaders will bow down to him.”\par

Jeremiah 20:8

Every time I speak, I shout.\par I am always shouting about\par violence and destruction.\par I tell the people about the message\par that I received from the Lord.\par But people only insult me\par and make fun of me.\par

Leviticus 13:10

The priest must look at that person. If there is a white swelling in the skin, and if the hair has become white, and if the skin looks raw in the swelling,

Zechariah 11:8

I fired the three shepherds all in one month. I became angry at the sheep, and they began to hate me.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will come to you—and I will do the right thing. I will be like a person that is ready to tell the judge about the bad things people did. Some people do evil magic. Some people do the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [19]} Some people make false promises. Some people cheat their workers—they don’t pay them the money they promised. People don’t help widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [20]} People don’t help strangers. People don’t respect me!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Luke 6:26

“It is bad when all people say good things about you. Their fathers {\cf2\super [120]} always said good things about the false prophets. {\cf2\super [121]}

John 17:14

I have given them your teaching. And the world has hated them. The world hated these men, because they don’t belong to the world, the same as I don’t belong to the world.

John 3:19

People are judged by this fact: The Light (goodness) has come into the world. But people did not want light. They wanted darkness (sin). Why? Because they were doing evil things.

Romans 8:7

Why is this true? Because if a person’s thinking is controlled by his sinful self, then that person is against God. That person refuses to obey God’s law. And really that person is not able to obey God’s law.

Galatians 4:16

Now am I your enemy because I tell you the truth?

James 4:4

So you people are not faithful to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. So if a person wants to be a part {\cf2\super [18]} of the world, then he makes himself God’s enemy.

1 John 4:5

And those people (the false teachers) belong to the world. So the things they say are from the world, too. And the world listens to what they say.