Cross references
Romans 9:18
Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
Romans 9:18 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Exodus 4:21 (11 votes) and Joshua 11:20 (11 votes). 35 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Genesis 19 to James 1.
Which verses does Romans 9:18 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Exodus 4:2111 votes
The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
- Joshua 11:2011 votes
For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Romans 9:15–1610 votes
For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
- Romans 11:7–88 votes
What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened, as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10–128 votes
and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, …
- Deuteronomy 2:305 votes
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
- Romans 5:20–214 votes
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Exodus 7:133 votes
Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
- Isaiah 63:173 votes
Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
- Acts 28:26–283 votes
‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.” For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ …
- Romans 1:24–283 votes
- Matthew 13:14–152 votes
- Ephesians 1:60 votes
to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
Which verses point to Romans 9:18?
The 10 strongest of 35.