Cross references

2 Peter 2:5

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;

2 Peter 2:5 BSB

2 Peter 2:5 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hebrews 11:7 (11 votes) and 2 Peter 3:6 (11 votes). 48 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Genesis 5 to Jude 1.

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Which verses does 2 Peter 2:5 point to?

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

  1. Hebrews 11:711 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 3:611 votes

    through which the world of that time perished in the flood.

  3. Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

  4. Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”

  5. Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate; …

  6. 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. …

  7. in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison 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.

  8. Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose. …

  9. Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod? They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

Which verses point to 2 Peter 2:5?

The 10 strongest of 48.