2 Peter 2:16 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἔλεγξιν	elegxin	reproof	G1649 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἔσχεν	eschen	he had	G2192 →
ἰδίας	idias	for his own	G2398 →
παρανομίας·	paranomias	transgression;	G3892 →
ὑποζύγιον	hupozugion	[by] a donkey	G5268 →
ἄφωνον	aphōnon	mute	G880 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ἀνθρώπου	anthrōpou	a man’s	G444 →
φωνῇ	phōnēa	voice	G5456 →
φθεγξάμενον	phthegxamenon	having spoken	G5350 →
ἐκώλυσεν	ekōlusen	it restrained	G2967 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
προφήτου	prophētou	prophet	G4396 →
παραφρονίαν.	paraphronian	madness.	G3913 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 16:11
So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
leads to
- Luke 12:33
  Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- James 2:5
  Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
- Proverbs 8:18–19
  With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
- Ephesians 3:8
  Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
- Luke 18:22
  On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Through
Hosea 9:7
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and…
leads to
- Acts 26:24–25
  At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”
- Micah 7:4
  The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time…
- Mark 3:21
  When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Numbers 22:28Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”Numbers 22:21–33So in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.Numbers 22:30But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.Numbers 22:23When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.Ecclesiastes 7:25I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.Hosea 9:7The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.Acts 26:11I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.Luke 16:11So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.1 Kings 13:11Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.Psalms 39:11You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah Acts 26:24–25At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”

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