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Lamentations 4:7

Her dignitaries were brighter than snow,

whiter than milk;

their bodies were more ruddy than rubies,

their appearance

like sapphires.

Lamentations 4:7 BSB
  1. a Or their polishing or their hair
  2. b Hebrew lapis lazuli

Lamentations 4:7 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 51:7 (6 votes) and Psalm 144:12 (4 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Genesis 41 to Luke 1.

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Which verses does Lamentations 4:7 point to?

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

  1. Psalm 51:76 votes

    Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

  2. Psalm 144:124 votes

    Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.

  3. Song of Solomon 5:104 votes

    My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.

  4. 1 Samuel 16:123 votes

    So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”

  5. Numbers 6:2–212 votes

    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD, he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins. …

  6. Judges 13:52 votes

    For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

  7. Judges 13:72 votes

    But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”

  8. Judges 16:172 votes

    Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”

  9. Daniel 1:152 votes

    And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.

  10. Amos 2:11–122 votes

    I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

  11. Luke 1:151 vote

Which verses point to Lamentations 4:7?

The 10 strongest of 18.