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Ephesians 5:11-13
Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.But everything exposed by the light becomes visible— and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. (niv)
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John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil. (niv)
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Proverbs 1:29
since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord. (niv)
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James 1:23-25
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirrorand, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it— not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it— they will be blessed in what they do. (niv)
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Job 24:13-17
“ There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief.The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks,‘ No eye will see me,’ and he keeps his face concealed.In the dark, thieves break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.For all of them, midnight is their morning; they make friends with the terrors of darkness. (niv)
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Proverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. (niv)
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Amos 5:10-11
There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.You levy a straw tax on the poor and impose a tax on their grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine. (niv)
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Psalms 50:17
You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. (niv)
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1 Kings 22 8
The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat,“ There is still one prophet through whom we can inquire of the Lord, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, but always bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”“ The king should not say such a thing,” Jehoshaphat replied. (niv)
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Luke 11:45
One of the experts in the law answered him,“ Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.” (niv)
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Proverbs 5:12
You will say,“ How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction! (niv)
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Proverbs 15:12
Mockers resent correction, so they avoid the wise. (niv)