Cross references

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 3:20 BSB

John 3:20 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ephesians 5:11–13 (22 votes) and John 7:7 (14 votes). 77 other verses point back to it. It links with 31 other books, from Leviticus 11 to Revelation 22.

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Which verses does John 3:20 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. …

  2. John 7:714 votes

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

  3. Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths. When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief. …

  4. For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

  5. The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

  6. For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. …

  7. The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of 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.

  8. For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

  9. and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

  10. A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.

  11. Luke 11:452 votes

Which verses point to John 3:20?

The 10 strongest of 77.