John 15:18

If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

Cross References (17)

  • 1 John 3:13 (33)

    So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.

  • John 7:7 (20)

    The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

  • Luke 6:22 (15)

    Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of t

  • Mark 13:13 (14)

    You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

  • John 3:20 (14)

    Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

  • Matthew 10:22 (12)

    You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

  • 1 John 3:1 (11)

    Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are

  • Matthew 5:11 (10)

    Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

  • James 4:4 (9)

    You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to

  • Hebrews 12:2 (7)

    Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, s

  • John 15:23–25 (7)

    Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.

  • 1 Kings 22:8 (6)

    The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he

  • Isaiah 53:3 (5)

    He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, H

  • Matthew 24:9 (5)

    Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

  • Isaiah 49:7 (4)

    Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Serv

  • 1 John 3:3 (3)

    And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

  • Zechariah 11:8 (0)

    And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.