1 John 3:13

New International Version

Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

Cross References

John 17:14

I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

Luke 21:17

Everyone will hate you because of me.

James 4:4

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

2 Timothy 3:12

In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

Mark 13:13

Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

Romans 8:7

The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

John 16:33

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

John 7:7

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

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.

Matthew 24:9

“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.

Matthew 10:22

You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.

Acts 3:12

When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?

John 16:2

They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.

John 3:7

You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’

Revelation 17:7

Then the angel said to me: “Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast she rides, which has the seven heads and ten horns.

Proverbs 29:27

The righteous detest the dishonest; the wicked detest the upright.