Cross references

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.

Matthew 2:7 BSB

Matthew 2:7 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 0 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Exodus 1:10 (3 votes) and 1 Samuel 18:21 (3 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Genesis 37 to Revelation 22.

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Which verses does Matthew 2:7 point to?

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

  1. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

  2. “I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

  3. His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

  4. ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear. They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say. …

  5. With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish, saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

  6. For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying: ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’ …

  7. He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net. They are crushed and beaten down; the helpless fall prey to his strength.

  8. This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan. You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a quiet people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—

  9. And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth. …

  10. At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him. …

Which verses point to Matthew 2:7?

The 10 strongest of 12.