Cross references
Ephesians 5:22
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:22 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Colossians 3:18–4:1 (42 votes) and 1 Peter 3:1–6 (36 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 3 to 1 Peter 3.
Which verses does Ephesians 5:22 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Colossians 3:18–4:142 votes
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. …
- 1 Peter 3:1–636 votes
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives when they see your pure and reverent demeanor. …
- Titus 2:526 votes
to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
- Genesis 3:1619 votes
To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
- Esther 1:2016 votes
The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
- Ephesians 5:22–6:916 votes
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. …
- 1 Timothy 2:11–1210 votes
A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
- Esther 1:16–187 votes
And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes. For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’ …
- 1 Corinthians 14:345 votes
Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
Which verses point to Ephesians 5:22?
The 10 strongest of 20.