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1 John 5:21

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

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1 John 5:21 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Corinthians 10:14 (18 votes) and 1 Corinthians 10:7 (16 votes). 25 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Exodus 20 to Revelation 19.

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Which verses does 1 John 5:21 point to?

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

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:1418 votes

    Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

  2. 1 Corinthians 10:716 votes

    Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”

  3. Exodus 20:3–412 votes

    You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

  4. 2 Corinthians 6:16–1710 votes

    What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

  5. Matthew 6:136 votes

    And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

  6. 1 Thessalonians 1:96 votes

    For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

  7. 1 John 2:15 votes

    My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

  8. Revelation 9:205 votes

    Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.

  9. Revelation 13:14–154 votes

    Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived. The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.

  10. Revelation 14:113 votes

    And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”

Which verses point to 1 John 5:21?

The 10 strongest of 25.