John 7:7

Modern English Version

The world cannot hate you. But it hates Me, because I testify concerning it, that its works are evil.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the Lord.

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we can inquire of the Lord. But I hate him because he never prophesies good for me, but always evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”

Psalm 109:5

So they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Proverbs 15:12

A scoffer does not love one who reproves him, nor will he go to the wise.

Proverbs 8:36

but he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.”

Isaiah 29:21

those who cause a man to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the righteous with meaningless arguments.

Isaiah 49:7

Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to the despised one, to the one whom the nation abhors, to the servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord who is faithful and the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”

Jeremiah 20:8

For each time I speak, I cry out; I cry out, “Violence and devastation,” because to me the word of the Lord has resulted in reproach and derision daily.

Leviticus 13:10

And the priest shall examine him, and if there is a white swelling in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,

Zechariah 11:8

I destroyed the three shepherds in the span of one month. For my soul was impatient with them, and their souls detested me.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who turn aside the stranger, and do not fear Me, says the Lord of Hosts.

Luke 6:26

Woe to you, when all men speak well of you, for so their fathers spoke of the false prophets.

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 3:19

This is the verdict, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Romans 8:7

for the carnal mind is hostile toward God, for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can it be,

Galatians 4:16

Have I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

James 4:4

You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

1 John 4:5

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