1 John 2:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But whoever hates a brother or sister is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know the way to go, because the darkness has brought on blindness.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:22

But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had raped his sister Tamar.

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise have eyes in their head, but fools walk in darkness. Yet I perceived that the same fate befalls all of them.

Leviticus 19:17

“You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself.

John 12:35

Jesus said to them, “The light is in you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going.

John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they might not look with their eyes and understand with their heart and turn— and I would heal them.”

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, the same veil is still there; it is not unveiled since in Christ it is set aside.

2 Corinthians 4:4

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing clearly the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.

2 Peter 1:9

For anyone who lacks these things is blind, suffering from eye disease, forgetful of the cleansing of past sins.

1 John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true;

1 John 2:10

Whoever loves a brother or sister abides in the light, and in such a person there is no cause for stumbling.

1 John 2:9

Whoever says, “I am in the light,” while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.

1 John 3:15

All who hate a brother or sister are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life abiding in them.

1 John 4:20

Those who say, “I love God,” and hate a brother or sister are liars, for those who do not love a brother or sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.

Revelation 3:17

For you say, ‘I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.’ You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.