Bible Cross References
world
John 15:19
If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you as its own. But I chose you from this world, and you do not belong to it; that is why the world hates you.
Luke 6:26
"How terrible when all people speak well of you; their ancestors said the very same things about the false prophets.
James 4:4
Unfaithful people! Don't you know that to be the world's friend means to be God's enemy? If you want to be the world's friend, you make yourself God's enemy.
1 John 4:5
Those false prophets speak about matters of the world, and the world listens to them because they belong to the world.
but
John 15:18
"If the world hates you, just remember that it has hated me first.
John 15:19
If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you as its own. But I chose you from this world, and you do not belong to it; that is why the world hates you.
John 15:23-25
23
Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
24
They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not done among them the things that no one else ever did; as it is, they have seen what I did, and they hate both me and my Father.
25
This, however, was bound to happen so that what is written in their Law may come true: 'They hated me for no reason at all.'
John 17:14
I gave them your message, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
Proverbs 8:36
Those who do not find me hurt themselves; anyone who hates me loves death."
Isaiah 49:7
Israel's holy God and savior says to the one who is deeply despised, who is hated by the nations and is the servant of rulers: "Kings will see you released and will rise to show their respect; princes also will see it, and they will bow low to honor you." This will happen because the LORD has chosen his servant; the holy God of Israel keeps his promises.
Zechariah 11:8
I lost patience with three other shepherds, who hated me, and I got rid of them all in a single month.
Romans 8:7
And so people become enemies of God when they are controlled by their human nature; for they do not obey God's law, and in fact they cannot obey it.
1 John 3:12
We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.
1 John 3:13
So do not be surprised, my friends, if the people of the world hate you.
because
John 3:19
This is how the judgment works: the light has come into the world, but people love the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds are evil.
1 Kings 21:20
When Ahab saw Elijah, he said, "Have you caught up with me, my enemy?" "Yes, I have," Elijah answered. "You have devoted yourself completely to doing what is wrong in the LORD's sight.
1 Kings 22:8
Ahab answered, "There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me; it's always something bad." "You shouldn't say that!" Jehoshaphat replied.
Proverbs 9:7
If you correct conceited people, you will only be insulted. If you reprimand evil people, you will only get hurt.
Proverbs 9:8
Never correct conceited people; they will hate you for it. But if you correct the wise, they will respect you.
Proverbs 15:12
Conceited people do not like to be corrected; they never ask for advice from those who are wiser.
Isaiah 29:21
God will destroy those who slander others, those who prevent the punishment of criminals, and those who tell lies to keep honest people from getting justice.
Jeremiah 20:8
Whenever I speak, I have to cry out and shout, "Violence! Destruction!" LORD, I am ridiculed and scorned all the time because I proclaim your message.
Amos 7:7-13
7
I had another vision from the LORD. In it I saw him standing beside a wall that had been built with the use of a plumb line, and there was a plumb line in his hand.
8
He asked me, "Amos, what do you see?" "A plumb line," I answered. Then he said, "I am using it to show that my people are like a wall that is out of line. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.
9
The places where Isaac's descendants worship will be destroyed. The holy places of Israel will be left in ruins. I will bring the dynasty of King Jeroboam to an end."
10
Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, then sent a report to King Jeroboam of Israel: "Amos is plotting against you among the people. His speeches will destroy the country.
11
This is what he says: 'Jeroboam will die in battle, and the people of Israel will be taken away from their land into exile.' "
12
Amaziah then said to Amos, "That's enough, prophet! Go on back to Judah and do your preaching there. Let them pay you for it.
13
Don't prophesy here at Bethel any more. This is the king's place of worship, the national temple."
Malachi 3:5
The LORD Almighty says, "I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners---against all who do not respect me.
Luke 11:39-54
39
So the Lord said to him, "Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of your cup and plate, but inside you are full of violence and evil.
40
Fools! Did not God, who made the outside, also make the inside?
41
But give what is in your cups and plates to the poor, and everything will be ritually clean for you.
42
"How terrible for you Pharisees! You give to God one tenth of the seasoning herbs, such as mint and rue and all the other herbs, but you neglect justice and love for God. These you should practice, without neglecting the others.
43
"How terrible for you Pharisees! You love the reserved seats in the synagogues and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces.
44
How terrible for you! You are like unmarked graves which people walk on without knowing it."
45
One of the teachers of the Law said to him, "Teacher, when you say this, you insult us too!"
46
Jesus answered, "How terrible also for you teachers of the Law! You put onto people's backs loads which are hard to carry, but you yourselves will not stretch out a finger to help them carry those loads.
47
How terrible for you! You make fine tombs for the prophets---the very prophets your ancestors murdered.
48
You yourselves admit, then, that you approve of what your ancestors did; they murdered the prophets, and you build their tombs.
49
For this reason the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and messengers; they will kill some of them and persecute others.'
50
So the people of this time will be punished for the murder of all the prophets killed since the creation of the world,
51
from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the Holy Place. Yes, I tell you, the people of this time will be punished for them all!
52
"How terrible for you teachers of the Law! You have kept the key that opens the door to the house of knowledge; you yourselves will not go in, and you stop those who are trying to go in!"
53
When Jesus left that place, the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to criticize him bitterly and ask him questions about many things,
54
trying to lay traps for him and catch him saying something wrong.
Acts 5:28-33
28
"We gave you strict orders not to teach in the name of this man," he said; "but see what you have done! You have spread your teaching all over Jerusalem, and you want to make us responsible for his death!"
29
Peter and the other apostles answered, "We must obey God, not men.
30
The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from death, after you had killed him by nailing him to a cross.
31
God raised him to his right side as Leader and Savior, to give the people of Israel the opportunity to repent and have their sins forgiven.
32
We are witnesses to these things---we and the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to those who obey him."
33
When the members of the Council heard this, they were so furious that they wanted to have the apostles put to death.
Acts 7:51-54
51
"How stubborn you are!" Stephen went on to say. "How heathen your hearts, how deaf you are to God's message! You are just like your ancestors: you too have always resisted the Holy Spirit!
52
Was there any prophet that your ancestors did not persecute? They killed God's messengers, who long ago announced the coming of his righteous Servant. And now you have betrayed and murdered him.
53
You are the ones who received God's law, that was handed down by angels---yet you have not obeyed it!"
54
As the members of the Council listened to Stephen, they became furious and ground their teeth at him in anger.
Galatians 4:16
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Revelation 11:5-11
5
If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and destroys their enemies; and in this way whoever tries to harm them will be killed.
6
They have authority to shut up the sky so that there will be no rain during the time they proclaim God's message. They have authority also over the springs of water, to turn them into blood; they have authority also to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
7
When they finish proclaiming their message, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will fight against them. He will defeat them and kill them,
8
and their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, where their Lord was crucified. The symbolic name of that city is Sodom, or Egypt.
9
People from all nations, tribes, languages, and races will look at their bodies for three and a half days and will not allow them to be buried.
10
The people of the earth will be happy because of the death of these two. They will celebrate and send presents to each other, because those two prophets brought much suffering upon the whole human race.
11
After three and a half days a life-giving breath came from God and entered them, and they stood up; and all who saw them were terrified.