Cross references
Ezekiel 16:8
Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 16:8 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 20 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ruth 3:9 (17 votes) and Jeremiah 2:2–3 (16 votes). 54 other verses point back to it. It links with 26 other books, from Genesis 48 to 1 Peter 3.
Which verses does Ezekiel 16:8 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ruth 3:917 votes
“Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”
- Jeremiah 2:2–316 votes
“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her were found guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
- Romans 5:815 votes
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Isaiah 43:413 votes
Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
- Exodus 32:1310 votes
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
- Exodus 19:4–89 votes
‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. …
- Deuteronomy 4:319 votes
For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.
- Deuteronomy 7:6–89 votes
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. …
- 1 Samuel 12:229 votes
Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
- Hosea 11:19 votes
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
- Ezekiel 16:66 votes
Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’
- Isaiah 41:8–95 votes
- Jeremiah 31:35 votes
- Malachi 1:25 votes
- Exodus 24:1–84 votes
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance. Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.” …
- Isaiah 63:7–94 votes
- Jeremiah 31:324 votes
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 20:5–64 votes
- Hosea 2:18–204 votes
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety. So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion. …
- Romans 9:10–134 votes
Which verses point to Ezekiel 16:8?
The 10 strongest of 54.