Deuteronomy 27:19 BSB

Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָר֗וּר	'a.Rur	[is] cursed	H779 →
מַטֶּ֛ה	ma.Teh	[one who] turns aside	H5186 →
מִשְׁפַּ֥ט	mish.Pat	[the] justice of	H4941 →
גֵּר־	ger-	a sojourner	H1616 →
יָת֖וֹם	ya.Tom	a fatherless one	H3490 →
וְאַלְמָנָ֑ה	ve.'al.ma.Nah	and a widow	H490 →
וְאָמַ֥ר	ve.'a.Mar	and it will say	H559 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָעָ֖ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
אָמֵֽן׃ ס	'a.Men	amen	H543 →

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
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…
leads to
- James 5:8–9
  You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
- Hebrews 13:4
  Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- Deuteronomy 5:11
  You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- James 5:4
  Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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
Exodus 23:2
You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
leads to
- Proverbs 1:10–11
  My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
Through
Deuteronomy 24:17
Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 16:19
  Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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.

Leviticus 19:15You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.Deuteronomy 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.1 Timothy 5:3Honor the widows who are truly widows.Deuteronomy 24:17Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.Exodus 23:2You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.Proverbs 17:23A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.Psalms 82:2–4“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah Exodus 22:21–24You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.Deuteronomy 16:19Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.Exodus 22:22You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.Proverbs 31:5lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.Exodus 23:8–9Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.Micah 3:9Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,Zechariah 7:10Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’Exodus 23:9Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.Luke 18:3And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’Proverbs 23:11for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.

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