John 7:7

The Passion Translation

The world can’t hate you, but it does me, for I am exposing their evil deeds.

Cross References

John 3:19

And here is the basis for their judgment: The Light of God has now come into the world, but the people loved darkness more than the Light, because they want the darkness to conceal their evil.

Galatians 4:16

Have I really become your enemy because I tell you the truth?

1 John 4:5

They belong to this world and they articulate the spirit of this world, and the world listens to them.

James 4:4

You have become spiritual adulterers who are having an affair, an unholy relationship with the world. Don’t you know that flirting with the world’s values places you at odds with God? Whoever chooses to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy!

John 17:14

I have given them your message and that is why the unbelieving world hates them. For their allegiance is no longer to this world because I am not of this world.

Romans 8:7

In fact, the mind-set focused on the flesh fights God’s plan and refuses to submit to his direction, because it cannot!

Jeremiah 20:8

Whenever I prophesy, you have me speak, “Violence and destruction!” I am ridiculed every time I proclaim your word. I get nothing but trouble and insults all day long.

Proverbs 8:36

But those who stumble and miss me will be sorry they did! For ignoring what I have to say will bring harm to your own soul. Those who hate me are simply flirting with death!”

Luke 6:26

“What sorrows await those of you who are always honored and lauded by others, for that’s how your forefathers treated every false prophet.”

Isaiah 49:7

Yahweh, Israel’s Kinsman-Redeemer and Holy One, says to the one who is deeply despised and repulsed by rulers and a slave to the ruling class: “Kings will see and stand up in respect; princes will bow down to honor the faithfulness of Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Isaiah 29:21

Those who make the innocent appear guilty, those who ensnare others with deceitful tactics, and those who lie to keep the innocent from getting justice will likewise be destroyed.

Proverbs 15:12

The know-it-all never esteems the one who tries to correct him. He refuses to seek good advice from the wise.

Psalm 109:5

They continually repay me with evil when I show them good. They give me hatred when I show them love.