John 15:18

Tree of Life Version

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

Cross References

1 Kings 22:8

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Yes, there is still one by whom we may inquire of Adonai—Micaiah son of Imlah—but I hate him, because he never prophesies good concerning me, only evil.” But Jehoshaphat said, “May the king not say so!”

Proverbs 29:27

The righteous detest the unjust, and the wicked detest the upright.

Isaiah 49:7

Thus says Adonai, the Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, to the One despised, to the One the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings will see and arise, princes will also bow down, because of Adonai who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, One from whom people hide their faces. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Isaiah 66:5

Hear the word of Adonai, you who tremble at His word: “Your brothers who hated you, excluding you for My Name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Adonai be glorified, that we may see your joy’— but they will be put to shame.”

Zechariah 11:8

Next I disposed of the three shepherds in one month—for my soul was impatient with them and their soul also detested me.

Matthew 10:22

And you will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end shall be saved.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will hand you over to persecution and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of My name.

Matthew 5:11

“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me.

Mark 13:13

And you will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end will be saved.”

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile you, and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

John 16:1

“I have spoken these things to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.

John 16:33

These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have shalom. In the world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world!”

John 3:20

For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

John 7:7

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

Acts 14:22

They were strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in faith, and saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”

Hebrews 12:2

focusing on Yeshua, the initiator and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before Him, He endured the cross, disregarding its shame; and He has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

James 4:4

You adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

1 John 3:1

See how glorious a love the Father has given us, that we should be called God’s children—and so we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

1 John 3:13

Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

1 John 3:3

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