John 7:7

New American Bible - revised edition

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I testify to it that its works are evil.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me out, my enemy?” He said, “I have found you. Because you have given yourself up to doing evil in the Lord’s sight,

1 Kings 22:8

The king of Israel answered, “There is one other man through whom we might consult the Lord; but I hate him because he prophesies not good but evil about me. He is Micaiah, son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say that.”

Psalm 109:5

They repay me evil for good, hatred for my love.

Proverbs 15:12

Scoffers do not love reproof; to the wise they will not go.

Proverbs 8:36

But those who pass me by do violence to themselves; all who hate me love death.”

Isaiah 29:21

those who condemn with a mere word, Who ensnare the defender at the gate, and leave the just with an empty claim.

Isaiah 49:7

Thus says the Lord, the redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, To the one despised, abhorred by the nations, the slave of rulers: When kings see you, they shall stand up, and princes shall bow down Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.

Jeremiah 20:8

Whenever I speak, I must cry out, violence and outrage I proclaim; The word of the Lord has brought me reproach and derision all day long.

Leviticus 13:10

Should the priest, upon examination, find that there is a white mark on the skin which has turned the hair white and that there is raw flesh in it,

Zechariah 11:8

In a single month, I did away with the three shepherds, for I wearied of them, and they disdained me.

Malachi 3:5

I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be swift to bear witness Against sorcerers, adulterers, and perjurers, those who deprive a laborer of wages, Oppress a widow or an orphan, or turn aside a resident alien, without fearing me, says the Lord of hosts.

Luke 6:26

Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way. Love of Enemies.

John 17:14

I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.

John 3:19

And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil.

Romans 8:7

For the concern of the flesh is hostility toward God; it does not submit to the law of God, nor can it;

Galatians 4:16

So now have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

James 4:4

Adulterers! Do you not know that to be a lover of the world means enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a lover of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

1 John 4:5

They belong to the world; accordingly, their teaching belongs to the world, and the world listens to them.