John 3:20
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20 For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.(A)
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Ephesians 5:11-13
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11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness; rather, expose them.(A) 12 For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly, 13 but everything exposed by the light becomes visible,
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John 7:7
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7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil.(A)
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Proverbs 4:18
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18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
which shines brighter and brighter until full day.(A)
Job 24:13-17
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13 “There are those who rebel against the light,
who are not acquainted with its ways
and do not stay in its paths.(A)
14 The murderer rises at dusk
to kill the poor and needy
and in the night is like a thief.(B)
15 The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight,
saying, ‘No eye will see me,’
and he disguises his face.(C)
16 In the dark they dig through houses;
by day they shut themselves up;
they do not know the light.(D)
17 For deep darkness is morning to all of them;
for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.(E)
Proverbs 1:29
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29 Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
James 1:23-25
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23 For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves[a] in a mirror;(A) 24 for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like. 25 But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.(B)
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- 1.23 Gk at the face of his birth
Psalm 50:17
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17 For you hate discipline,
and you cast my words behind you.(A)
1 Kings 22:8
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8 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one other by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies anything favorable about me but only disaster.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let the king not say such a thing.”
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Amos 5:10-11
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10 They hate the one who reproves in the gate,
and they abhor the one who speaks the truth.(A)
11 Therefore because you trample on the poor
and take from them levies of grain,
you have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not live in them;
you have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.(B)
Proverbs 15:12
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12 Scoffers do not like to be rebuked;
they will not go to the wise.(A)
Proverbs 5:12
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12 and you say, “Oh, how I hated discipline,
and my heart despised reproof!(A)
Luke 11:45
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45 One of the experts in the law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us, too.”
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