Cross references
Romans 9:13
So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
- a Malachi 1:2–3
Romans 9:13 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Malachi 1:2–3 (43 votes) and Genesis 29:31 (-1 votes). 22 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Genesis 25 to 1 Thessalonians 5.
Which verses does Romans 9:13 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Malachi 1:2–343 votes
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
- Genesis 29:31-1 votes
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
- Genesis 29:33-1 votes
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
- Deuteronomy 21:15-1 votes
If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
- Proverbs 13:24-2 votes
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
- Matthew 10:37-2 votes
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
- Luke 14:26-2 votes
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
- John 12:25-3 votes
Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
Which verses point to Romans 9:13?
The 10 strongest of 22.