Topical Bible Study

Quotations and Allusions

888 scripture references across 252 subtopics — Nave's Topical Bible

Overview

Paul's epistles contain numerous quotations from and allusions to Old Testament texts, establishing continuity between God's historical revelation and the gospel message. These references validate Christian doctrine by showing how Old Testament prophecies and principles apply to the church age. The practice of quoting Scripture strengthens arguments and appeals to shared biblical authority.

Key Scriptures

"For it is written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.'" (1 Corinthians 1:19, ESV, quoting Isaiah 29:14)

"Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord." (1 Corinthians 1:31, ESV, alluding to Jeremiah 9:24)

"The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof, the world and all that dwell therein." (Psalm 24:1, ESV, referenced in 1 Corinthians 10:26)

Application

Develop familiarity with Old Testament passages so you recognize scriptural allusions and understand the richness of biblical cross-references in your study and teaching.

Scripture References 888 total

1 Cor. 1:19, »I will destroy the wisdom of the wise...«

1 Cor. 1:31, »He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.«

1 Cor. 10:20, »The things which the Gentiles sacrifice...«

1 Cor. 10:26, »For the earth is the Lord's...«

1 Cor. 10:7, »The people sat down to eat and drink...«

1 Cor. 14:21, »With men of other tongues and other lips...«

1 Cor. 15:25, »...till he hath put all enemies under his feet.«

1 Cor. 15:27, »For he hath put all things under his feet.«

1 Cor. 15:32, »Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.«

1 Cor. 15:45, »The first man Adam was made a living soul.«

1 Cor. 15:54, »Death is swallowed up in victory.«

1 Cor. 15:55, »O death, where is thy sting...«

1 Cor. 2:16, »For who hath known the mind of the Lord...«

1 Cor. 2:9, »Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard...«

1 Cor. 3:19, »He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.«

1 Cor. 3:20, »The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise...«

1 Cor. 6:16, »For two ... shall be one flesh.«

1 Cor. 9:9, »Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox...«

1 Peter 1:16, »Be ye holy, for I am holy.«

1 Peter 2:22, »Who did no sin, neither was guile found...«

1 Peter 2:24, »By whose stripes ye were healed.«

1 Peter 2:6, »Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone...«

1 Peter 2:7, »...the stone which the builders disallowed...«

1 Peter 2:9, »A royal priesthood, an holy nation.«

1 Peter 3:14, »Be not afraid of their terror...«

1 Peter 5:5, »For God resisteth the proud...«

1 Timothy 5:18, »The labourer is worthy of his reward.«

1 Timothy 5:18, »Thou shalt not muzzle the ox...«

2 Cor. 13:1, »In the mouth of two or three witnesses...«

2 Cor. 3:13, »And not as Moses, which put a vail...«

2 Cor. 4:13, »I believed, and therefore have I spoken.«

2 Cor. 6:16, »I will dwell in them, and walk in them...«

2 Cor. 6:17, »Wherefore come out from among them...«

2 Cor. 6:18, »And will be a Father unto you...«

2 Cor. 6:2, »I have heard thee in a time accepted...«

2 Cor. 8:15, »He that had gathered much had nothing...«

2 Cor. 9:9, »He hath dispersed abroad...«

2 Peter 2:22, »The dog is turned to his own vomit again.«

2 Timothy 2:19, »The Lord knoweth them that are his.«

Acts 1:20, »Let his habitation be desolate...«

Acts 13:22, »I have found David...a man after mine own heart...«

Acts 13:33, »Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.«

Acts 13:34, »I will give you the sure mercies of David.«

Acts 13:35, »Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One...«

Acts 13:41, »Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish...«

Acts 13:47, »I have set thee to be a light...«

Acts 15:16, »After this I will return, and will build again...«

Acts 23:5, »Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler...«

Acts 3:25, »And in thy seed shall all the kindreds...«

Acts 4:11, »This is the stone which was set at nought...«

Acts 4:25, »Why did the heathen rage...«

Acts 7:14, »Then sent Joseph, and called his father...«

Acts 7:26, »And the next day he shewed himself...«

Acts 7:3, »Get thee out of thy country...«

Acts 7:32, »I am the God of thy fathers...«

Acts 7:37, »A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up...«

Acts 7:42, »O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me...«

Acts 7:49, »Heaven is my throne...«

Acts 7:6, »That his seed should sojourn in a strange land...«

Acts 8:32, »He was led as a sheep to the slaughter...«

Ephesians 4:25, »Speak every man truth with his neighbour.«

Ephesians 4:26, »Be ye angry, and sin not.«

Ephesians 4:8, »When he ascended up on high, he led...«

Ephesians 5:31, »For this cause shall a man leave...«

Ephesians 6:2-3, »Honour thy father and mother...«

Galatians 3:10, »Cursed is every one that continueth not...«

Galatians 3:11, »The just shall live by faith.«

Galatians 3:12, »The man that doeth them shall live in them.«

Galatians 3:13, »Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.«

Galatians 3:6, »Even as Abraham believed God...«

Galatians 3:8, »In thee shall all nations be blessed.«

Galatians 4:27, »Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not...«

Galatians 4:30, »Cast out the bondwoman and her son...«

Hebrews 1:5, »I will be to him a Father...«

Hebrews 1:5, »Thou art my son, this day...«

Hebrews 1:6, »And let all the angels of God worship him.«

Hebrews 1:7, »Who maketh his angels spirits...«

Hebrews 1:8, »Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever...«

Hebrews 10:30, »The Lord shall judge his people.«

Hebrews 10:30, »Vengeance belongeth unto me...«

Hebrews 10:38, »Now the just shall live by faith.«

Hebrews 10:5, »Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not...«

Hebrews 11:18, »That in Isaac shall thy seed be called.«

Hebrews 12:26, »Yet once more I shake not the earth only...«

Hebrews 12:5, »My son, despise not thou the chastening...«

Hebrews 12:6, »For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth...«

Hebrews 13:15, »...the fruit of our lips...«

Hebrews 13:5, »I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.«

Hebrews 13:6, »The Lord is my helper...«

Hebrews 2:12, »I will declare thy name unto my brethren...«

Hebrews 2:13, »Behold I and the children...«

Hebrews 2:6, »What is man, that thou art mindful of him...«

Hebrews 4:3, »As I have sworn in my wrath...«

Hebrews 4:4, »God did rest the seventh day...«

Hebrews 5:5, »Thou art my son, to day have I begotten thee.«

Hebrews 5:6, »Thou art a priest for ever after the order...«

Hebrews 6:14, »Surely blessing I will bless thee...«

Hebrews 8:5, »See that thou make all things according to...«

Hebrews 9:20, »This is the blood of the testament...«

James 2:11, »Do not commit adultery...«

James 2:23, »Abraham believed God...«

James 2:8, »Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.«

James 4:6, »God resisteth the proud...«

John 1:23, »I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness...«

John 10:34, »Ye are Gods?«

John 12:15, »Fear not, daughter of Zion...«

John 12:38, »Lord, who hath believed our report...«

John 13:18, »He that eateth bread with me...«

John 19:24, »They parted my raiment among them...«

John 19:36, »A bone of him shall not be broken.«

John 19:37, »They shall look on him whom they pierced.«

John 2:17, »The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.«

John 6:31, »He gave them bread from heaven to eat.«

John 6:45, »And they shall be all taught of God.«

John 7:38, »Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.«

Luke 1:17, »...to turn the hearts of the fathers...«

Luke 2:23, »Every male that openeth the womb...«

Luke 2:24, »A pair of turtledoves...«

Luke 22:37, »And he was reckoned among the transgressors...«

Luke 23:30, »...say to the mountains, Fall on us...«

Luke 23:46, »Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit...«

Luke 4:18, »The Spirit of the Lord is upon me...«

Luke 7:27, »Behold, I send my messenger...«

Mark 1:2, »Behold, I send my messenger...«

Mark 1:3, »The voice of one crying in the wilderness...«

Mark 10:6, »But from the beginning of the creation...«

Mark 10:7, »For this cause shall a man leave...«

Mark 12:29, »Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God...«

Mark 12:30, »And thou shalt love the Lord thy God...«

Mark 12:31, »Thou shalt love thy neighbour...«

Mark 14:27, »I will smite the shepherd...«

Mark 15:28, »And he was numbered with the transgressors.«

Mark 15:34, »Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani...«

Mark 7:10, »Honour thy father and thy mother...«

Mark 7:6, »This people honoureth me with their lips...«

Mark 9:44, »Where the worm dieth not...«

Matthew 1:23, »Behold, a virgin shall be with child...«

Matthew 11:10, »Behold, I send my messenger...«

Matthew 13:35, »I will open my mouth in parables...«

Matthew 15:4, »He that curseth father...«

Matthew 15:4, »Honour thy father and mother...«

Matthew 19:4, »That he which made them...«

Matthew 19:5, »For this cause shall a man leave...«

Matthew 2:15, »Out of Egypt have I called my son.«

Matthew 2:18, »In Rama was there a voice heard...«

Matthew 2:6, »And thou, Bethlehem...«

Matthew 21:16, »Out of the mouth of babes...«

Matthew 21:42, »The stone which the builders rejected...«

Matthew 21:5, »Behold, thy King cometh...«

Matthew 21:9, »Blessed is he that cometh...«

Matthew 22:24, »If a man die, having no children...«

Matthew 22:32, »I am the God of Abraham...«

Matthew 22:37, »Thou shalt love the Lord...«

Matthew 22:39, »Thou shalt love thy neighbour...«

Matthew 23:39, »Blessed is he that cometh in the name...«

Matthew 26:31, »I will smite the shepherd...«

Matthew 27:35, »They parted my garments...«

Matthew 27:46, »My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?«

Matthew 27:9, »And they took the thirty pieces of silver...«

Matthew 3:3, »The voice of one crying in the wilderness...«

Matthew 4:10, »Thou shalt worship the Lord...«

Matthew 4:4, »Man shall not live by bread alone...«

Matthew 4:6, »He shall give His angels charge...«

Matthew 4:7, »Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.«

Matthew 5:21, »Thou shalt not kill.«

Matthew 5:27, »Thou shalt not commit adultery.«

Matthew 5:31, »Whosoever shall put away his wife...«

Matthew 5:33, »Thou shalt not forswear thyself...«

Matthew 5:38, »An eye for an eye...«

Matthew 7:23, »Depart from me, ye that work iniquity.«

Matthew 8:17, »Himself took our infirmities...«

Matthew 9:13, »I will have mercy, and not sacrifice.«

Revelation 2:27, »He shall rule them with a rod of iron...«

Romans 1:17, »The just shall live by faith.«

Romans 10:13, »For whosoever shall call upon the name...«

Romans 10:15, »How beautiful are the feet of them that preach...«

Romans 10:16, »Lord, who hath believed our report?«

Romans 10:18, »Their sound went into all the earth...«

Romans 10:19, »I will provoke you to jealousy...«

Romans 10:20, »I was found of them that sought me not...«

Romans 10:5, »That the man which doeth those things...«

Romans 11:10, »Let their eyes be darkened...«

Romans 11:26, »There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer...«

Romans 11:3, »Lord, they have killed thy prophets...«

Romans 11:34, »For who hath known the mind of the Lord...«

Romans 11:4, »I have reserved to myself...«

Romans 11:8, »God hath given them the spirit of slumber...«

Romans 11:9, »Let their table be made a snare...«

Romans 12:19, »Vengeance is mine; I will repay.«

Romans 12:20, »Therefore if thine enemy hunger...«

Romans 14:11, »...every knee shall bow to me...«

Romans 15:10, »Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.«

Romans 15:11, »Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles...«

Romans 15:12, »There shall be a root of Jesse...«

Romans 15:21, »To whom he was not spoken of...«

Romans 15:3, »The reproaches of them that reproached...«

Romans 15:9, »...I will confess to thee among the Gentiles...«

Romans 2:24, »For the name of God is blasphemed...«

Romans 3:10, »There is none righteous, no, not one...«

Romans 3:13, »The poison of asps is under their lips.«

Romans 3:13, »Their throat is an open sepulchre...«

Romans 3:14, »Whose mouth is full of cursing...«

Romans 3:15, »Their feet are swift to shed blood...«

Romans 3:18, »There is no fear of God before their eyes.«

Romans 3:4, »That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings...«

Romans 4:17, »I have made thee a father of many nations.«

Romans 4:18, »So shall thy seed be.«

Romans 4:3, »Abraham believed God...«

Romans 4:7, »Blessed are they whose iniquities...«

Romans 7:7, »I had not known sin, but by the law...«

Romans 8:36, »For thy sake we are killed all the day long...«

Romans 9:12, »The elder shall serve the younger.«

Romans 9:13, »Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.«

Romans 9:15, »I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy...«

Romans 9:17, »Even for this same purpose have I raised thee...«

Romans 9:25, »I will call them my people...«

Romans 9:26, »And it shall come to pass, that in the place...«

Romans 9:27, »Though the number of the children of Israel...«

Romans 9:29, »Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed...«

Romans 9:33, »Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling-stone...«

Romans 9:7, »In Isaac shall thy seed be called.«

Romans 9:9, »At this time will I come...«