Cross references

John 5:38

nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.

John 5:38 BSB

John 5:38 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 John 2:14 (6 votes) and Deuteronomy 6:6–9 (5 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Deuteronomy 6 to 1 John 5.

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Which verses does John 5:38 point to?

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

  1. I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

  2. These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. …

  3. Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me. And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me. …

  4. My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

  5. Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him. …

  6. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls. Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

  7. Joshua 1:83 votes

    This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

  8. My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you, if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

  9. Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

  10. John 1:113 votes

    He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

  11. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. …

  12. but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you. I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

  13. If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

  14. John 8:373 votes
  15. Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me? Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

  16. John 15:73 votes

Which verses point to John 5:38?

The 10 strongest of 14.