John 1:5 Cross References
John 1:5
5: The light shines through the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
John 3:19
- Their judgment is based on this fact: The light from heaven came into the world, but they loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.
- They hate the light because they want to sin in the darkness. They stay away from the light for fear their sins will be exposed and they will be punished.
John 12:36
- Believe in the light while there is still time; then you will become children of the light." After saying these things, Jesus went away and was hidden from them.
- But despite all the miraculous signs he had done, most of the people did not believe in him.
- This is exactly what Isaiah the prophet had predicted: "Lord, who has believed our message? To whom will the Lord reveal his saving power?"
- But the people couldn't believe, for as Isaiah also said,
- "The Lord has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts--so their eyes cannot see, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them."
1 Corinthians 2:14
- But people who aren't Christians can't understand these truths from God's Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them because only those who have the Spirit can understand what the Spirit means.
Job 24:13
- "Wicked people rebel against the light. They refuse to acknowledge its ways. They will not stay in its paths.
- The murderer rises in the early dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night he is a thief.
- The adulterer waits for the twilight, for he says, `No one will see me then.' He masks his face so no one will know him.
- They break into houses at night and sleep in the daytime. They are not acquainted with the light.
- The black night is their morning. They ally themselves with the terrors of the darkness.
Romans 1:28
- When they refused to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done.
John 1:10
- But although the world was made through him, the world didn't recognize him when he came.
Proverbs 1:22
- "You simpletons!" she cries. "How long will you go on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools fight the facts?
Proverbs 1:29
- For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
- They rejected my advice and paid no attention when I corrected them.