Cross references

Luke 16:9

I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

Luke 16:9 BSB

Luke 16:9 has 25 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 19:21 (18 votes) and Daniel 4:27 (12 votes). 29 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Psalm 73 to Revelation 14.

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Which verses does Luke 16:9 point to?

The 20 strongest of 25, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

  2. Daniel 4:2712 votes

    Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

  3. Matthew 6:2412 votes

    No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

  4. Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share, …

  5. Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.

  6. Luke 14:1410 votes

    and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

  7. Luke 16:1110 votes

    So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

  8. Luke 12:338 votes

    Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

  9. Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

  10. Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

  11. Luke 11:415 votes
  12. Luke 16:135 votes

    No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

  13. Acts 10:314 votes

Which verses point to Luke 16:9?

The 10 strongest of 29.