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Ephesians 5:12

For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

Ephesians 5:12 BSB

Ephesians 5:12 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ephesians 5:3 (12 votes) and Romans 2:16 (11 votes). 29 other verses point back to it. It links with 24 other books, from Genesis 38 to Revelation 20.

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Which verses does Ephesians 5:12 point to?

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

  1. Ephesians 5:312 votes

    But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

  2. Romans 2:1611 votes

    on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.

  3. Ecclesiastes 12:149 votes

    For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

  4. Jeremiah 23:249 votes

    “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.

  5. 2 Samuel 12:127 votes

    You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”

  6. Proverbs 9:176 votes

    “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

  7. Romans 1:24–276 votes

    Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. …

  8. 1 Peter 4:36 votes

    For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

  9. Revelation 20:126 votes

    And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

  10. Luke 12:1–25 votes

    In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.

Which verses point to Ephesians 5:12?

The 10 strongest of 29.