Cross references

Proverbs 3:28

Do not tell your neighbor,

“Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—

when you already have the means.

Proverbs 3:28 BSB

Proverbs 3:28 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Leviticus 19:13 (13 votes) and Deuteronomy 24:12–15 (10 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Leviticus 19 to James 2.

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Which verses does Proverbs 3:28 point to?

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

  1. You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

  2. If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God. …

  3. Now finish the work, so that you may complete it with the same eager desire, according to your means.

  4. Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

  5. Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.

  6. Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,

  7. But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.

  8. Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

Which verses point to Proverbs 3:28?

The 10 strongest of 11.