John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
For euery one that doeth euill, hateth the light, neither commeth to the light, lest his deeds should be ‖reproued.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, discouered.
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- Ephesians 5:11–13Rank 1 from verse 20
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.
11And haue no fellowship with the vnfruitfull workes of darkenesse, but rather reproue them.
12For it is a shame euen to speake of those things which are done of them in secret.
13But all things that are ‖reprooued, are made manifest by the light: for whatsoeuer doth make manifest, is light.
- Job 24:13–17Rank 3 from verse 20
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.
13They are of those that rebell against the light, they know not the wayes thereof, nor abide in the pathes thereof.
14The murderer rising with the light, killeth the poore and needy, and in the night is as a thiefe.
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and †disguiseth his face.
16In the darke they digge through houses which they had marked for themselues in the day time: they know not the light.
17For the morning is to them euen as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrours of the shadow of death.
- Proverbs 1:29Rank 4 from verse 20
- Proverbs 4:18Rank 5 from verse 20
- James 1:23–25Rank 6 from verse 20
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.
23For if any be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like vnto a man beholding his naturall face in a glasse:
24For hee beholdeth himselfe, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what maner of man he was.
25But who so looketh into the perfect Law of libertie, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetfull hearer, but a doer of the worke, this man shall be blessed in his ‖deed.
- 1 Kings 22:8Rank 7 from verse 20
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.
8And the king of Israel said vnto Iehoshaphat, There is yet one man, (Micaiah the sonne of Imlah) by whom we may enquire of the LORD; but I hate him, for he doth not prophesie good concerning me, but euill. And Iehoshaphat said, Let not the King say so.
- Psalms 50:17Rank 8 from verse 20
- Amos 5:10–11Rank 9 from verse 20
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.
10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate: and they abhorre him that speaketh vprightly.
11Forasmuch therfore as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from him burdens of wheate, *ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: yee haue planted †pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.
- Proverbs 15:12Rank 10 from verse 20
- Proverbs 5:12Rank 11 from verse 20
- Luke 11:45Rank 12 from verse 20
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John 3:20
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.
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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
Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
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Hates; regards with strong dislike, aversion, or enmity.
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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.
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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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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
Acts or things done; in very deed means in fact or in truth.
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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
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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19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
19And this is the condemnation, *that light is come into the world, and men loued darknesse rather then light, because their deedes were euill.
20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
20For euery one that doeth euill, hateth the light, neither commeth to the light, lest his deeds should be ‖reproued.
Selected passage21But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
21But hee that doeth trueth, commeth to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.