John 3:20

God's Word

People who do what is wrong hate the light and don’t come to the light. They don’t want their actions to be exposed.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:9

Then she took the pan and served him ⌞the bread⌟. But he refused to eat. “Have everyone leave me,” he said. So everyone left him.

1 Kings 22:8

The king of Israel told Jehoshaphat, “We can ask the Lord through Micaiah, son of Imlah, but I hate him. He doesn’t prophesy anything good about me, only evil.” Jehoshaphat answered, “The king must not say that.”

1 Kings 3:20

So she got up during the night and took my son, who was beside me, while I was asleep. She held him in her arms. Then she laid her dead son in my arms.

Psalm 50:17

You hate discipline. You toss my words behind you.

Proverbs 1:29

because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 15:12

A mocker does not appreciate a warning. He will not go to wise people.

Proverbs 16:30

Whoever winks his eye is plotting something devious. Whoever bites his lips has finished his evil work.

Proverbs 2:13

from those who abandon the paths of righteousness to walk the ways of darkness,

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of righteous people is like the light of dawn that becomes brighter and brighter until it reaches midday.

Proverbs 5:12

“Oh, how I hated discipline! How my heart despised correction!

Jeremiah 9:6

Oppression follows oppression. Deceit follows deceit. They refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.

Luke 11:45

One of the experts in Moses’ Teachings said to him, “Teacher, when you talk this way, you insult us too.”

John 3:21

But people who do what is true come to the light so that the things they do for God may be clearly seen.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I say that what everyone does is evil.