Cross references

Colossians 2:16

Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.

Colossians 2:16 BSB

Colossians 2:16 has 40 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 21 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Romans 14:5–6 (32 votes) and Romans 14:10 (24 votes). 28 other verses point back to it. It links with 24 other books, from Genesis 9 to James 4.

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Which verses does Colossians 2:16 point to?

The 20 strongest of 40, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

  2. Romans 14:1024 votes

    Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.

  3. Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way. I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. …

  4. You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!

  5. For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables. The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.

  6. Hebrews 13:912 votes

    Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

  7. And it shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.

  8. Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.

  9. for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.

  10. A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”

  11. They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

  12. James 4:116 votes
  13. Mark 7:195 votes

    because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)

Which verses point to Colossians 2:16?

The 10 strongest of 28.