John 15:18

New King James Version

“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:8

So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord; but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say such things!”

Proverbs 29:27

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, And he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

Isaiah 49:7

Thus says the Lord, The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, To Him whom man despises, To Him 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, The Holy One of Israel; And He has chosen You.”

Isaiah 53:3

He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Isaiah 66:5

Hear the word of the Lord, You who tremble at His word: “Your brethren who hated you, Who cast you out for My name’s sake, said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, That we may see your joy.’ But they shall be ashamed.”

Zechariah 11:8

I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

Matthew 10:22

And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.

Matthew 5:11

“Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.

Mark 13:13

And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man’s sake.

John 16:1

“These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble.

John 16:33

These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

John 3:20

For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

John 7:7

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

Acts 14:22

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”

Hebrews 12:2

looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

James 4:4

Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

1 John 3:1

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

1 John 3:13

Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.

1 John 3:3

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.