Cross references

Isaiah 28:20

Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on,

and the blanket too small to wrap around you.

Isaiah 28:20 BSB

Isaiah 28:20 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 64:6 (5 votes) and 1 Corinthians 1:18–31 (5 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 3 to 1 Corinthians 1.

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Which verses does Isaiah 28:20 point to?

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

  1. Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

  2. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” …

  3. What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. …

  4. I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you. When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”

  5. They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched. Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.

  6. Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations. So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.” …

  7. But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail. Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, …

Which verses point to Isaiah 28:20?

The 10 strongest of 14.