Cross references

Proverbs 4:3

When I was a son to my father,

tender and the only child of my mother,

Proverbs 4:3 BSB

Proverbs 4:3 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Chronicles 22:5 (6 votes) and 1 Chronicles 29:1 (3 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 49 to Hebrews 2.

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Which verses does Proverbs 4:3 point to?

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

  1. And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.

  2. Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

  3. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

  4. Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.

  5. Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’ Then, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.” …

  6. and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.

  7. I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.

  8. Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

Which verses point to Proverbs 4:3?

The 10 strongest of 12.