Cross references

Matthew 10:28

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 10:28 BSB
  1. a Greek Gehenna

Matthew 10:28 has 28 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 28 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Luke 12:4–5 (82 votes) and Isaiah 8:12–13 (43 votes). 63 other verses point back to it. It links with 31 other books, from Genesis 12 to Revelation 21.

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Which verses does Matthew 10:28 point to?

The 20 strongest of 28, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

  2. “Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread. The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.

  3. Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

  4. James 4:1232 votes

    There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

  5. Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence. Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

  6. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” …

  7. Isaiah 51:1226 votes

    “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?

  8. Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.

  9. Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe. “For our God is a consuming fire.”

  10. And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them. …

  11. 1 Peter 3:1419 votes
  12. Isaiah 51:717 votes

    Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.

  13. Isaiah 66:217 votes
  14. For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. …

Which verses point to Matthew 10:28?

The 10 strongest of 63.