Cross references

Genesis 8:21

When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

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Genesis 8:21 has 43 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 32 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Corinthians 2:15 (21 votes) and Ephesians 5:2 (15 votes). 49 other verses point back to it. It links with 29 other books, from Genesis 3 to 1 John 5.

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Which verses does Genesis 8:21 point to?

The 20 strongest of 43, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

  2. and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

  3. Genesis 6:512 votes

    Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

  4. The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

  5. “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you. Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

  6. for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

  7. And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

  8. The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

  9. The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

  10. Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

  11. Job 14:45 votes
  12. Psalm 51:55 votes
  13. Psalm 58:35 votes
  14. John 3:65 votes

Which verses point to Genesis 8:21?

The 10 strongest of 49.