1 John 4:5

Modern English Version

They are of the world, and therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.

Cross References

Psalm 17:4

Concerning the works of men, by the word of Your lips I have avoided the paths of the violent.

Jeremiah 29:8

For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams which they dream.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and My people love to have it so. Yet what will you do in the end?

Micah 2:11

If a man, going about vapidly and deceitfully, lies, “I will preach for you wine and beer,” he would be just the preacher for this people.

Luke 16:8

“The master commended the dishonest steward, because he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are wiser in their own generation than the sons of light.

John 17:14

I have given them Your word. And the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

John 17:16

They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.

John 3:31

He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

John 8:23

He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time will come when people will not endure sound teaching, but they will gather to themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires, having itching ears,

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was cast out, that ancient serpent called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.