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Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me,

and those who seek me early shall find me.

Proverbs 8:17 BSB

Proverbs 8:17 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 14:23 (56 votes) and John 14:21 (45 votes). 26 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Numbers 3 to 1 John 4.

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Which verses does Proverbs 8:17 point to?

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

  1. John 14:2356 votes

    Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

  2. John 14:2145 votes

    Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

  3. Psalm 91:1439 votes

    “Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.

  4. Isaiah 55:630 votes

    Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

  5. 1 John 4:1928 votes

    We love because He first loved us.

  6. 1 Samuel 2:3026 votes

    Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.

  7. Matthew 7:7–820 votes

    Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

  8. Matthew 6:3318 votes

    But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

  9. Isaiah 45:1917 votes

    I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

  10. James 1:515 votes

    Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

  11. John 16:2713 votes
  12. Proverbs 1:289 votes
  13. Ecclesiastes 12:18 votes
  14. Mark 10:147 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 8:17?

The 10 strongest of 26.