Cross references
Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
Ecclesiastes 2:5 has 5 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 0 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 2:8–9 (2 votes) and Song of Solomon 4:12–5:1 (2 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 2 to Luke 17.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 2:5 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Genesis 2:8–92 votes
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed. Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Song of Solomon 4:12–5:12 votes
My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed. Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard, …
- Song of Solomon 6:22 votes
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
- Jeremiah 39:42 votes
When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.
- Luke 17:27–292 votes
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. It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. …
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 2:5?
The 10 strongest of 14.