1 John 4:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

They are from the world; therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them.

Cross References

Psalm 17:4

As for what others do, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

Jeremiah 29:8

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let the prophets and the diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to your dreams that you dream,

Jeremiah 5:31

the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule as the prophets direct; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?

Micah 2:11

If someone were to go about uttering empty falsehoods, saying, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” such a one would be the preacher for this people!

Luke 16:8

And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly, for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.

John 17:14

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

John 17:16

They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

John 3:31

The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is above all.

John 8:23

He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are from this world, I am not from this world.

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound teaching, but, having their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.