John 3:20

For everyone that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

ASV Byzantine Text

In The King James Version

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

In Context

19And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

21But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:20And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

Job 24:13These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

Psalms 50:17Seeing that thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?

Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Proverbs 15:12A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.

Amos 5:10They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Matthew Henry on John 3:2-22

Christ's Interview with Nicodemus. 1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time… Read the whole commentary →

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