Cross references

2 Samuel 16:3

“Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king.

And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”

2 Samuel 16:3 BSB

2 Samuel 16:3 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Samuel 9:9–10 (4 votes) and Exodus 20:16 (2 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Exodus 20 to Jude 1.

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Which verses does 2 Samuel 16:3 point to?

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

  1. Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house. You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

  2. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

  3. Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely. And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?” …

  4. Psalm 15:32 votes

    who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

  5. You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

  6. Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

  7. Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

  8. A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.

  9. Micah 7:52 votes

    Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

  10. Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

  11. Jude 1:112 votes

Which verses point to 2 Samuel 16:3?

The 10 strongest of 12.