Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on John 15:18 in English Standard Version "“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you." Joh 7:7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil. Joh 15:23 Whoever hates me hates my Father also. 1Jo 3:13 Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.