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John 3:20–22

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For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
¶ After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
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From verse 20

  1. Ephesians 5:11–13Rank 1 from verse 20
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    11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

    12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

    13But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

  2. John 7:7Rank 2 from verse 20
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    7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

  3. Job 24:13–17Rank 3 from verse 20
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    13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

    14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

    15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

    16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

    17For 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.

  4. Proverbs 1:29Rank 4 from verse 20
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    29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

  5. Proverbs 4:18Rank 5 from verse 20
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    18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

  6. James 1:23–25Rank 6 from verse 20
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    23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

    24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

    25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

  7. 1 Kings 22:8Rank 7 from verse 20
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    8And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire 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.

  8. Psalms 50:17Rank 8 from verse 20
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    17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

  9. Amos 5:10–11Rank 9 from verse 20
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    10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

    11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

  10. Proverbs 15:12Rank 10 from verse 20
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    12A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

  11. Proverbs 5:12Rank 11 from verse 20
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    12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

  12. Luke 11:45Rank 12 from verse 20
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    45¶ Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

From verse 21

  1. 1 John 1:6Rank 1 from verse 21
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    6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

  2. Psalms 139:23–24Rank 2 from verse 21
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    23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

    24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

  3. 3 John 1:11Rank 3 from verse 21
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    11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

  4. Ephesians 5:9Rank 4 from verse 21
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    9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

  5. Philippians 2:13Rank 5 from verse 21
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    13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

  6. 1 John 4:15–16Rank 6 from verse 21
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    15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

    16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

  7. Psalms 119:105Rank 7 from verse 21
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    105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

  8. 1 John 2:27–29Rank 8 from verse 21
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    27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

    28And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

    29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

  9. Galatians 6:8Rank 9 from verse 21
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    8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

  10. 1 Peter 1:22Rank 10 from verse 21
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    22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

  11. John 1:47Rank 11 from verse 21
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    47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

  12. Philippians 1:11Rank 12 from verse 21
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    11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

  13. Psalms 119:80Rank 13 from verse 21
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    80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

  14. 1 John 4:12–13Rank 14 from verse 21
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    12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

    13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

  15. Colossians 1:29Rank 15 from verse 21
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    29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

  16. Galatians 5:22–23Rank 16 from verse 21
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

    23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

  17. Hebrews 13:21Rank 17 from verse 21
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    21Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  18. John 5:39Rank 18 from verse 21
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    39¶ Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

  19. 2 Corinthians 1:12Rank 19 from verse 21
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    12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  20. Acts 17:11–12Rank 20 from verse 21
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    11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

    12Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

  21. Isaiah 26:12Rank 21 from verse 21
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    12¶ Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.

  22. John 15:4–5Rank 22 from verse 21
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    4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

    5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

  23. 1 Corinthians 15:10Rank 23 from verse 21
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    10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

  24. Hosea 14:8Rank 24 from verse 21
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    8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

  25. Psalms 1:1–3Rank 25 from verse 21
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    1BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

    2But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

    3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

  26. 2 Peter 1:5–10Rank 26 from verse 21
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    5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

    6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

    7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

    8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

    10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

  27. Isaiah 8:20Rank 27 from verse 21
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    20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

  28. Revelation 3:1–2Rank 28 from verse 21
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    1AND unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

    2Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

  29. Revelation 3:15Rank 29 from verse 21
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    15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

From verse 22

  1. John 4:1–3Rank 1 from verse 22
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    1WHEN therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

    2(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

    3He left Judæa, and departed again into Galilee.

  2. John 3:26Rank 2 from verse 22
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    26And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

  3. John 7:3Rank 3 from verse 22
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    3His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

  4. John 2:13Rank 4 from verse 22
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    13¶ And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

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John 3:20

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

light

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Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

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COMBINED MEANING

lest

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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

reproved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of reprove, meaning to expose, demonstrate, convict, refute, correct, censure, or call to account for fault, error, sin, or false words.

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John 3:21

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

truth

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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

light

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Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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manifest

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1. Plain, evident, open, visible, revealed, or clearly shown. 2. To make known, reveal, or show plainly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wrought

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Worked, laboured, acted, made, formed, fashioned, performed, produced, or brought about.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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John 3:22

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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tarried

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Stayed, remained, waited, delayed, lodged, continued, or did not depart or act until a later time or condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3:18¶ He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

3:19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

3:20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

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3:21But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

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3:22¶ After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

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