Cross references

Luke 16:8

The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.

Luke 16:8 BSB

Luke 16:8 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Thessalonians 5:5 (9 votes) and Ephesians 5:8 (6 votes). 37 other verses point back to it. It links with 26 other books, from Genesis 3 to 1 John 4.

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Which verses does Luke 16:8 point to?

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

  1. For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

  2. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

  3. Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, …

  4. Luke 16:105 votes

    Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

  5. John 12:365 votes

    While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.

  6. Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.

  7. By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

  8. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

  9. Luke 16:43 votes

    I know what I will do so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

  10. Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

  11. from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

  12. Luke 20:342 votes
  13. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

  14. Luke 18:60 votes

Which verses point to Luke 16:8?

The 10 strongest of 37.