1 John 2:9

Tree of Life Version

The one who says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in the darkness.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:22

Absalom did not say a word to Amnon, either good or bad, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had raped his sister Tamar.

Psalm 82:5

They know nothing; they understand nothing— they walk about in darkness. All of earth’s foundations are shaken.

Leviticus 19:17

“You are not to hate your brother in your heart. Instead, you are to firmly rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

John 9:41

Yeshua said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, ‘We see.’ So your sin remains.”

Acts 1:15

In those days, Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (the number of names all together was about a hundred and twenty) and said,

2 Peter 1:9

But anyone who lacks these qualities is blind—nearsighted because he has forgotten his cleansing from past sins.

1 John 1:6

If we say we have fellowship with Him and keep walking in the darkness, we are lying and do not practice the truth.

1 John 2:11

But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has made his eyes blind.

1 John 2:4

The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 3:10

It is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the devil by this—anyone who does not act righteously or love his brother is not of God.

1 John 4:20

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar. For the one who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.