Zechariah 13:1
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
Cross-reference
Zechariah 12:3 describes Jerusalem as a burdensome stone; 13:1 offers cleansing after judgment. Both are 'on that day' oracles.
Zechariah 12:10 pours out a spirit of grace and mourning on the same people, preparing them for the cleansing fountain.
Zechariah 3:9 promises removal of iniquity in a single day — Zechariah 13:1's fountain is the means of that cleansing.
Zechariah 12:8 promises divine protection; 13:1 follows with cleansing from sin, showing progression in the same prophecy.
Zechariah 12:11 describes great mourning; 13:1 then provides the cleansing fountain, linking repentance to purification.
John 19:34 shows blood and water from Jesus' side — the actual fountain opened for cleansing.
Ezekiel 36:29 promises God will deliver from all uncleannesses, directly parallel to the cleansing fountain.
Ezekiel 36:25 promises sprinkling of clean water for purification — a clear parallel to Zechariah's fountain.
John 1:29 identifies Jesus as the Lamb taking away sin — the fulfillment of the fountain's cleansing.
Isaiah 1:16-18 calls for washing and promises scarlet sins become white — parallel to the fountain's cleansing from sin.
Psalm 51:7 uses hyssop and washing imagery — echoing the fountain's purifying power.
Psalm 51:2 is David's plea for washing from sin — directly parallel to the promised fountain's cleansing.
1 Corinthians 6:11 states believers are washed, sanctified, justified — the fountain's effect in the church.
Hebrews 9:14 reveals Christ's blood as the reality behind Zechariah's fountain — cleansing the conscience from dead works to serve God.
1 Peter 1:19 points to Christ's precious blood as the lamb without blemish — the fulfillment of the cleansing fountain for sin.
In 1 John 1:7, the blood of Jesus cleanses from all sin — directly fulfilling the fountain opened in Zechariah for cleansing.
Revelation 1:5 declares Jesus freed us from sins by his blood — the very cleansing Zechariah's fountain promised for God's people.
Revelation 7:14 directly answers: they washed robes in the Lamb's blood — the precise fulfillment of Zechariah's fountain for cleansing from sin.
Ezekiel 37:23 promises cleansing from all backsliding — Zechariah 13:1 shows the fountain that accomplishes that.
John 4:10 presents Jesus as the source of 'living water,' echoing the cleansing fountain promised in Zechariah, now offered as a gift to the Samaritan woman.
In Hebrews 10:22, 'bodies washed with pure water' directly echoes Zechariah's cleansing fountain, applying it to the believer's approach to God.
Jeremiah 33:8 promises cleansing from all guilt — Zechariah 13:1 depicts that cleansing as a fountain opened.
Isaiah 4:4 also speaks of the Lord washing away filth — Zechariah 13:1's fountain is the same promised cleansing.
2 Kings 5:14 shows Naaman's washing in Jordan cleansing his leprosy — the fountain here prefigures a greater washing from sin.
Ezekiel 47:1 describes a river from the temple — Zechariah 13:1's fountain also brings cleansing water, both depicting eschatological purification.
Exodus 30:18 describes the bronze basin for priestly washing, a physical type of the spiritual fountain.
Job 25:4 asks how a mortal can be pure — Zechariah 13:1 answers with a fountain for cleansing from sin.
Hebrews 9:13 describes OT animal blood purifying the flesh — a shadow of the greater cleansing from sin that Zechariah's fountain promises.
Leviticus 16:19 uses blood to cleanse the altar on Atonement — the fountain here opens to cleanse from sin, surpassing that ritual.
Leviticus 11:36 says a spring remains clean — here a fountain actively cleanses from sin and uncleanness, surpassing that static purity.
Ezekiel 36:17 compares Israel’s defilement to menstrual uncleanness, illustrating the condition the fountain removes.
Proverbs 30:12 describes self-deceived purity — Zechariah 13:1 offers the real cleansing such people need.
Psalm 65:3 speaks of God atoning for transgressions — this same divine cleansing is promised as a fountain in Zechariah 13:1.
In Titus 3:5-7, the 'washing of regeneration' echoes Zechariah's fountain — both depict spiritual cleansing through God's gracious action.
Numbers 19:9-22 provides water for purification from corpse uncleanness, a precursor to the all‑cleansing fountain.
Leviticus 8:6 shows Moses washing Aaron and his sons for consecration, a ceremonial cleansing the fountain fulfills.
Exodus 40:7 instructs placing the basin between tent and altar, where priests washed — foreshadowing the fountain.