Cross references

Romans 13:9

The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Romans 13:9 BSB
  1. a Exodus 20:13–17; Deuteronomy 5:17–21
  2. b Leviticus 19:18

Romans 13:9 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Exodus 20:12–17 (60 votes) and Matthew 22:39 (57 votes). 34 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 44 to 2 John 1.

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Which verses does Romans 13:9 point to?

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

  1. Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. You shall not murder. …

  2. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

  3. Mark 12:3156 votes

    The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”

  4. Luke 10:2755 votes

    He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

  5. Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. You shall not murder. …

  6. Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  7. “Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

  8. What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.” But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

  9. You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

  10. For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

  11. Luke 18:205 votes
  12. Mark 10:194 votes

Which verses point to Romans 13:9?

The 10 strongest of 34.