Cross references

2 Thessalonians 2:4

He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

2 Thessalonians 2:4 BSB

2 Thessalonians 2:4 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezekiel 28:2 (13 votes) and Daniel 7:25 (13 votes). 67 other verses point back to it. It links with 24 other books, from Genesis 3 to Revelation 18.

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Which verses does 2 Thessalonians 2:4 point to?

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

  1. Ezekiel 28:213 votes

    “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

  2. Daniel 7:2513 votes

    He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.

  3. You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”

  4. And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven. Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

  5. Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,

  6. He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him.

  7. Daniel 7:87 votes

    While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.

  8. From one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land. It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth and trampled them. …

  9. For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),

  10. Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.

Which verses point to 2 Thessalonians 2:4?

The 10 strongest of 67.