Cross references
Matthew 1:19
Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.
Matthew 1:19 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 22:21–24 (11 votes) and Deuteronomy 24:1–4 (9 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 6 to Acts 10.
Which verses does Matthew 1:19 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Deuteronomy 22:21–2411 votes
she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you. If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel. …
- Deuteronomy 24:1–49 votes
If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house. If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife, …
- John 8:4–58 votes
and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?”
- Mark 6:205 votes
because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.
- Genesis 38:244 votes
About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
- Leviticus 20:104 votes
If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
- Psalm 112:4–53 votes
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous. It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
- Luke 2:253 votes
Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
- Mark 10:42 votes
They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
- Leviticus 19:201 vote
If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.
- Genesis 6:90 votes
- Acts 10:220 votes
Which verses point to Matthew 1:19?
The 10 strongest of 11.