Cross references

Luke 3:5

Every valley shall be filled in,

and every mountain and hill made low.

The crooked ways shall be made straight,

and the rough ways smooth.

Luke 3:5 BSB

Luke 3:5 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 40:4 (18 votes) and Isaiah 42:16 (16 votes). 35 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Psalm 27 to James 1.

GenesisMalachiMatthewRevelation

Which verses does Luke 3:5 point to?

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

  1. Isaiah 40:418 votes

    Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.

  2. Isaiah 42:1616 votes

    I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

  3. Isaiah 45:212 votes

    “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

  4. Isaiah 49:1111 votes

    I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.

  5. Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”

  6. Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees. Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

  7. He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. …

  8. The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled— …

  9. The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn, …

  10. Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus. …

  11. James 1:92 votes

Which verses point to Luke 3:5?

The 10 strongest of 35.