Cross references

Matthew 3:4

John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

Matthew 3:4 BSB

Matthew 3:4 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Kings 1:8 (13 votes) and Leviticus 11:22 (5 votes). 32 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Leviticus 11 to Revelation 11.

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Which verses does Matthew 3:4 point to?

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

  1. 2 Kings 1:813 votes

    “He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.

  2. Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.

  3. And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.

  4. Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.

  5. Mark 1:65 votes

    John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

  6. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

  7. Luke 1:173 votes

    And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

  8. He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

  9. Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground. And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath. …

  10. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

Which verses point to Matthew 3:4?

The 10 strongest of 32.