Cross references
Genesis 37:4
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
Genesis 37:4 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 27:41 (7 votes) and 1 John 3:12 (5 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Genesis 4 to 1 John 4.
Which verses does Genesis 37:4 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Genesis 27:417 votes
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
- 1 John 3:125 votes
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
- 1 John 4:205 votes
If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
- Psalm 69:44 votes
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
- 1 John 2:114 votes
But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
- Genesis 4:53 votes
but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
- Genesis 37:53 votes
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
- 1 Samuel 17:283 votes
Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
- John 15:18–193 votes
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
- Genesis 37:112 votes
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
- Genesis 37:18–242 votes
Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him. “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another. …
- Genesis 49:232 votes
The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
- 1 Samuel 16:12–132 votes
- Psalm 38:192 votes
- Titus 3:32 votes
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- John 7:3–51 vote
- 1 John 3:101 vote
Which verses point to Genesis 37:4?
The 10 strongest of 17.