Cross references
Matthew 6:17
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
Matthew 6:17 has 5 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ruth 3:3 (12 votes) and Ecclesiastes 9:8 (10 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Ruth 3 to Luke 14.
Which verses does Matthew 6:17 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ruth 3:312 votes
Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
- Ecclesiastes 9:810 votes
Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
- 2 Samuel 12:207 votes
Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.
- Daniel 10:2–37 votes
In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks. I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.
- 2 Samuel 14:24 votes
So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
Which verses point to Matthew 6:17?
The 10 strongest of 12.