Cross references

Habakkuk 2:13

Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts

that the labor of the people only feeds the fire,

and the nations weary themselves in vain?

Habakkuk 2:13 BSB

Habakkuk 2:13 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 51:58 (6 votes) and Proverbs 21:30 (5 votes). 26 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Genesis 11 to James 1.

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Which verses does Habakkuk 2:13 point to?

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

  1. This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”

  2. There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

  3. Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will lie down in a place of torment.

  4. And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them. Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.” …

  5. He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning. They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

  6. Psalm 39:64 votes

    Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

  7. A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.

  8. The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward. Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!” …

  9. Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

  10. Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.

Which verses point to Habakkuk 2:13?

The 10 strongest of 26.