Cross references

John 6:31

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

John 6:31 BSB
  1. a Psalms 78:24; see also Exodus 16:4.

John 6:31 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Nehemiah 9:15 (15 votes) and Psalm 105:40 (12 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Exodus 16 to Revelation 2.

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Which verses does John 6:31 point to?

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

  1. In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.

  2. Psalm 105:4012 votes

    They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

  3. He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.

  4. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions. Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.” …

  5. The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.

  6. But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!” Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin. …

  7. He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

  8. You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.

  9. John 6:497 votes

    Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

  10. And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.

  11. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.

  12. John 6:585 votes

    This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

  13. They all ate the same spiritual food

Which verses point to John 6:31?

The 10 strongest of 14.