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Luke 2:37

and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

Luke 2:37 BSB
  1. a Or was a widow for eighty-four years

Luke 2:37 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Timothy 5:5 (25 votes) and Psalm 23:6 (13 votes). 25 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Exodus 38 to Revelation 7.

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Which verses does Luke 2:37 point to?

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

  1. 1 Timothy 5:525 votes

    The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.

  2. Psalm 23:613 votes

    Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

  3. Acts 14:2312 votes

    Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

  4. Psalm 27:47 votes

    One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

  5. Acts 13:37 votes

    And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

  6. Acts 26:75 votes

    the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

  7. Exodus 38:82 votes

    Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

  8. Psalm 22:22 votes

    I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

  9. Psalm 84:42 votes

    How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah

  10. Psalm 84:102 votes

    For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

  11. Psalm 135:1–22 votes
  12. Luke 5:332 votes
  13. Revelation 3:122 votes
  14. Revelation 7:152 votes
  15. 1 Samuel 2:20 votes
  16. Psalm 92:130 votes

Which verses point to Luke 2:37?

The 10 strongest of 25.