Bible Cross References
What
Matthew 11:7
And as they departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Matthew 11:8
But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
wilderness
Luke 1:80
So the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his proclamation to Israel.
Luke 3:2
while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the Word of God came upon John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Matthew 3:1-5
1
In those days John the Immerser came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
2
and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven has drawn near!
3
For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.
4
And John himself was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather waistband around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
5
Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him
Mark 1:4
John came immersing in the wilderness and preaching an immersion of repentance for the remission of sins.
Mark 1:5
And all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all immersed by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
John 1:23
He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as the prophet Isaiah said.
A reed
Genesis 49:4
Like bubbling water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it; he went up to my couch.
2 Corinthians 1:17-20
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Therefore, when I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, that with me there should be Yes, Yes, and No, No?
18
But as God is faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No.
19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you through us; through me, Silvanus, and Timothy; was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes.
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For as many promises as are of God, in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God through us.
Ephesians 4:14
that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
James 1:6-8
6
But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
7
For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
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he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
2 Peter 2:17
These are wells without water, clouds being driven by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
2 Peter 3:17
You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware also that you not be led away with the error of the wicked, and fall from your own steadfastness.