Joh 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. {reproved: or, discovered}
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And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove {them}.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
But the path of the just {is} as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, {There is} yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
All scripture {is} given by inspiration of God, and {is} profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before {it hated} you.
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. {reproved: or, discovered}
What man {is} he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way {that} he shall choose.
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
In the dark they dig through houses, {which} they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
Correction {is} grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: {and} he that hateth reproof shall die. {Correction: or, Instruction}
That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; {approve: or, try} {are...: or, differ}
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
Wherefore {is there} a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing {he hath} no heart {to it}?
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who {was} shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
And she took a pan, and poured {them} out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.
And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this {child} is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that {cometh} from God only?