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Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?

Hebrews 12:9 BSB

Hebrews 12:9 has 24 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 18 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Numbers 16:22 (25 votes) and Numbers 27:16 (23 votes). 59 other verses point back to it. It links with 29 other books, from Genesis 2 to Revelation 22.

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Which verses does Hebrews 12:9 point to?

The 20 strongest of 24, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Numbers 16:2225 votes

    But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”

  2. Numbers 27:1623 votes

    “May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

  3. Isaiah 42:521 votes

    This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:

  4. John 3:620 votes

    Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

  5. Job 12:1018 votes

    The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.

  6. Zechariah 12:113 votes

    This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:

  7. Exodus 20:1210 votes

    Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

  8. Isaiah 38:1610 votes

    O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.

  9. James 4:78 votes

    Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

  10. Isaiah 57:167 votes

    For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.

  11. 1 Peter 5:67 votes
  12. Leviticus 19:36 votes
  13. Proverbs 30:176 votes
  14. Deuteronomy 27:165 votes
  15. Romans 9:55 votes
  16. Deuteronomy 21:18–214 votes
  17. Ecclesiastes 12:74 votes
  18. Ephesians 6:1–44 votes
  19. Ezekiel 22:73 votes
  20. Malachi 1:63 votes

Which verses point to Hebrews 12:9?

The 10 strongest of 59.