Cross references
Proverbs 2:17
who abandons the partner of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God.
Proverbs 2:17 has 5 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezekiel 16:59–60 (5 votes) and Jeremiah 3:4 (4 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 39 to 1 Corinthians 6.
Which verses does Proverbs 2:17 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ezekiel 16:59–605 votes
For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant. But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
- Jeremiah 3:44 votes
Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
- Ezekiel 16:84 votes
Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
- Proverbs 5:183 votes
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
- Malachi 2:14–163 votes
Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. …
Which verses point to Proverbs 2:17?
The 10 strongest of 18.