1 John 2:9

New King James Version

He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:22

And Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon neither good nor bad. For Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

Psalm 82:5

They do not know, nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are unstable.

Leviticus 19:17

‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

Acts 1:15

And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (altogether the number of names was about a hundred and twenty), and said,

2 Peter 1:9

For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

1 John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

1 John 2:11

But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

1 John 2:4

He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

1 John 4:20

If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?