John 15:18
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
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John 15:23-25
Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well. . . .

John 3:20
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

1 Kings 22:8
The king of Israel answered, "There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah." "The king should not say that!" Jehoshaphat replied.

Isaiah 49:7
Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the servant of rulers: "Kings will see you and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."

Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

Zechariah 11:8
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

Matthew 5:11
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

Matthew 10:22
You will be hated by everyone on account of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

Matthew 24:9
Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations on account of My name.

Mark 13:13
You will be hated by everyone on account of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

Luke 6:22
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

Hebrews 12:2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

James 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

1 John 3:1, 3, 13
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! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.

King James Bible
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me before it hated you.

International Standard Version
"If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you.

NET Bible
"If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And if the world hates you, know that it hated me before you.”
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