Deuteronomy 13:14 BSB

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְדָרַשְׁתָּ֧	ve.da.rash.Ta	and you will investigate	H1875 →
וְחָקַרְתָּ֧	ve.cha.kar.Ta	and you will search	H2713 →
וְשָׁאַלְתָּ֖	ve.sha.'al.Ta	and you will enquire	H7592 →
הֵיטֵ֑ב	hei.Tev	thoroughly <do well>	H3190 →
וְהִנֵּ֤ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
אֱמֶת֙	'e.Met	truth	H571 →
נָכ֣וֹן	na.Khon	[is] certain	H3559 →
הַדָּבָ֔ר	ha.da.Var	the matter	H1697 →
נֶעֶשְׂתָ֛ה	ne.'es.Tah	it has been done	H6213 →
הַתּוֹעֵבָ֥ה	ha.to.'e.Vah	the abomination	H8441 →
הַזֹּ֖את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
בְּקִרְבֶּֽךָ׃	be.kir.Be.cha	in midst your	H7130 →

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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
Deuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
leads to
- Psalms 146:9
  The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
- Psalms 68:5
  A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
Through
John 7:24
Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
leads to
- Isaiah 11:3–4
  And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
- James 2:9
  But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
- Proverbs 17:15
  Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
- John 8:15
  You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
Through
1 Timothy 5:19
Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
leads to
- Matthew 18:16
  But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
- Deuteronomy 19:15
  A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or…

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.

Proverbs 18:13He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.Deuteronomy 17:4and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,John 7:24Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”Isaiah 11:3–4And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,1 Timothy 5:19Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.Deuteronomy 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.Numbers 35:30If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.Deuteronomy 19:18The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,Judges 20:12And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?1 Kings 11:7At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.Job 33:8Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:Joshua 22:13The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.Leviticus 13:4If, however, the spot on his skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.Ezra 10:16So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,Ezra 4:19I issued a decree, and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has revolted against kings from ancient times, engaging in rebellion and sedition.

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