Cross references

1 Peter 3:20

who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.

In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.

1 Peter 3:20 BSB

1 Peter 3:20 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 19 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hebrews 11:7 (13 votes) and 2 Peter 2:5 (12 votes). 30 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 5 to Revelation 2.

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Which verses does 1 Peter 3:20 point to?

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

  1. Hebrews 11:713 votes

    By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

  2. 2 Peter 2:512 votes

    if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

  3. Genesis 6:311 votes

    So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

  4. Genesis 6:510 votes

    Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

  5. So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.

  6. Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth. Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out. …

  7. Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

  8. On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—

  9. But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

  10. As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. …

  11. Luke 12:324 votes
  12. to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

Which verses point to 1 Peter 3:20?

The 10 strongest of 30.