John 3:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: neither commeth to the light, lest his deedes shoulde be reproued.

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  • John 7:7 : 7 The worlde can not hate you, but me it hateth, because I testifie of it, that the workes therof are euyll.
  • Eph 5:11-13 : 11 And haue no felowship with the vnfruitefull workes of darknesse, but rather euen rebuke them. 12 For it is shame euen to name those thynges whiche are done of them in secrete. 13 But all thynges, when they are rebuked of the lyght, are manifest: For all that which do make manifest, is lyght.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel sayde vnto Iehosaphat: There is yet one man (Michea the sonne of Iimla) by whom we may aske counsell of the Lorde: But I hate him, for he doth not prophecie good vnto me, but euyll. And Iehosaphat sayde: Let not the king say so.
  • Job 24:13-17 : 13 Where as they are conuersaunt among them that abhorre the light, they know not his way, nor continue in his pathes. 14 The murtherer ryseth early and killeth the poore and needy, and in the night is as a thiefe? 15 The eye of the adulterer wayteth for the darkenesse, & sayth, There shall no eye see me: and disguiseth his face. 16 In the darke they digge through houses, whiche they marked for them selues in the day time: they knowe not the light. 17 The morning is to them euen as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrours of the shadowe of death,
  • Ps 50:17 : 17 Seyng that thou hatest discipline: and hast cast my wordes behynde thee.
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde,
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 The path of the righteous shineth, as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day.
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction?
  • Prov 15:12 : 12 A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym: neither wyll he come vnto the wyse.
  • Amos 5:10-11 : 10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhorre him that speaketh vprightly. 11 Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from hym burdens of wheate: ye haue buylt houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: ye haue planted pleasaunt vineyardes, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.
  • Luke 11:45 : 45 Then aunswered one of the lawyers, and sayde vnto him: Maister, thus saying, thou puttest vs to rebuke also.
  • Jas 1:23-25 : 23 For yf any be a hearer of the worde, and not a doer, he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng his bodyly face in a glasse: 24 For he hath considered hym selfe, and is gone his wayes, & hath forgotten immediatly what his fashion was. 25 But who so loketh in the perfect lawe of libertie, and continueth therin he being not a forgetfull hearer, but a doer of the worke, shalbe blessed in his deede.

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  • John 3:18-19
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    18But he that beleueth not, is condempned alredy, because he hath not beleued in the name of the only begotte sonne of God.

    19And this is the condempnation: that lyght is come into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then lyght, because their deedes were euyll.

  • John 3:21
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    21But he that doeth trueth, cometh to the lyght, yt his deedes may be knowen, howe that they are wrought in God.

  • Eph 5:11-13
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    11And haue no felowship with the vnfruitefull workes of darknesse, but rather euen rebuke them.

    12For it is shame euen to name those thynges whiche are done of them in secrete.

    13But all thynges, when they are rebuked of the lyght, are manifest: For all that which do make manifest, is lyght.

  • 1 John 2:9-11
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    9He that sayth howe that he is in the lyght, and yet hateth his brother, is in darkenesse, euen vntyll this tyme.

    10He that loueth his brother, abydeth in the lyght, and there is none occasion of euyll in hym.

    11He that hateth his brother, is in darknesse, and walketh in darkenesse, & can not tell whyther he goeth, because that darkenesse hath blynded his eyes.

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10In this are ye children of God knowe, and the chyldren of the deuyll: Whosoeuer doth not ryghteousnesse, is not of God, neither he that loueth not his brother.

  • John 1:8-9
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    8He was not that lyght: but was sent to beare witnesse of the lyght.

    9That lyght was the true lyght, which lyghteth euery man that commeth into the worlde.

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11Beloued, folow not that which is euyl, but that which is good. He that doth well, is of God: but he that doth euyll, seeth not God.

  • John 1:5
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    5And the lyght shyneth in darkenesse: and the darknesse comprehended it not.

  • 1 John 1:5-8
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    5And this is the tydynges whiche we haue hearde of hym & declare vnto you, that God is lyght, & in hym is no darkenesse at all.

    6If we saye that we haue felowship with hym, and walke in darkenesse, we lye, and do not the trueth.

    7But and yf we walke in light, euen as he is in lyght, then haue we felowship one with another, and the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne.

    8If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceaue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs.

  • 1 John 3:4
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    4Whosoeuer committeth sinne, transgresseth also the lawe: for sinne is the transgression of the lawe.

  • John 7:7
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    7The worlde can not hate you, but me it hateth, because I testifie of it, that the workes therof are euyll.

  • John 11:10
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    10But yf a man walke in the nyght, he stumbleth, because there is no lyght in hym.

  • Matt 5:15-16
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    15Neyther do men lyght a candell, and put it vnder a busshell: but on a candelsticke, and it geueth lyght vnto all that are in the house.

    16Let your lyght so shyne before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your father, whiche is in heauen.

  • Luke 11:33
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    33No man lyghteth a candle, & putteth it in a priuie place, neither vnder a busshell: but on a candlesticke, that they which come in may see the lyght,

  • John 12:46
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    46I am come a lyght into ye worlde, that whosoeuer beleueth on me, should not byde in darknesse.

  • John 12:35-36
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    35Then Iesus sayde vnto them: Yet a litle while is the light with you. Walke while ye haue light, lest the darknesse come on you: For he that walketh in the darke, wotteth not whither he goeth.

    36Whyle ye haue lyght, beleue on the lyght, that ye may be the chyldren of the lyght. These thynges spake Iesus, and departed, & hyd hym selfe from the.

  • Job 24:13-14
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    13Where as they are conuersaunt among them that abhorre the light, they know not his way, nor continue in his pathes.

    14The murtherer ryseth early and killeth the poore and needy, and in the night is as a thiefe?

  • 1 John 3:12-13
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    12Not as Cain, which was of that wicked, and slewe his brother: And wherfore slewe he hym? Because his owne workes were euyll, and his brothers good.

    13Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you.

  • Luke 8:16-17
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    16No man when he lyghteth a candel, couereth it with a vessell, or putteth it vnder a table, but setteth it on a candlesticke, that they which enter in, may see the lyght.

    17For nothyng is secrete, that shall not come abrode: Neither any thyng hyd, that shall not be knowen, and come to lyght.

  • 1 John 3:6-8
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    6As many as byde in hym, sinne not: whosoeuer sinneth, hath not seene him, neither knowen hym.

    7Babes, let no man deceaue you: He that doeth righteousnes, is ryghteous, euen as he is righteous.

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    23But and yf thyne eye be wicked, all thy body shalbe ful of darknesse. Wherfore, yf the lyght that is in thee, be darknesse, howe great is that darknesse?

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    22There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death that can hide the wicked doers from him.

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    35Take heede therefore, that the lyght which is in thee, be not darknes.

    36If all thy body therfore be cleare, hauyng no part darke, then shall it all be full of lyght, euen as when a candle doth lyght thee with bryghtnes.

  • 1 John 3:15
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    15Whosoeuer hateth his brother, is a manslear: And ye knowe that no manslear, hath eternall life abidyng in hym.

  • 1 John 5:17
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    17All vnrighteousnes is sinne: and there is sinne vnto death.

  • Prov 8:36
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    36But whoso offendeth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and they that hate me, are the louers of death.

  • Prov 24:20
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    20For the wicked shall haue no posteritie, and the candle of the vngodly shalbe put out.

  • Isa 5:20
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    20Wo be vnto them that call euyll good, and good euyll, which make darknesse lyght, and lyght darknesse, that make sowre sweete, and sweete sowre.

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    23He that hateth me, hateth my father also.

  • Rom 1:18
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    18For the wrath of God appeareth from heauen, against all vngodlynesse & vnrighteousnes of men, which withholde the trueth in vnrighteousnes.

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    11For he that byddeth hym God speede, is partaker of his euyll deedes.

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    20Them that sinne, rebuke before all, that other also may feare.