John 3:20
King James Version (KJV)
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
American Standard Version (ASV)
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
World English Bible (WEB)
For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
John 3:20 Cross References
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.
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
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.
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.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
