Deuteronomy 28:3 BSB

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6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בָּר֥וּךְ	ba.Rukh	[will be] blessed	H1288 →
אַתָּ֖ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
בָּעִ֑יר	ba.'Ir	in the city	H5892 →
וּבָר֥וּךְ	u.va.Rukh	and [will be] blessed	H1288 →
אַתָּ֖ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃	ba.sa.Deh	in the open country	H7704 →

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
Genesis 26:12
Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
leads to
- Mark 4:8
  Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”
- Genesis 26:3
  Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath…
- 2 Corinthians 9:10–11
  Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
Through
Haggai 2:19
Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
leads to
- Malachi 3:10
  Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of…
- Habakkuk 3:17–18
  Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold…
- Proverbs 3:9–10
  Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
- Matthew 6:33
  But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- Genesis 26:12
  Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

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.

Psalms 144:12–15Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.Genesis 39:5From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.Haggai 2:19Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”Psalms 107:36–37He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.Genesis 26:12Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,Malachi 3:10–11Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.Isaiah 65:21–23They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.Amos 9:13–14“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.Psalms 128:1–5Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!Zechariah 8:3–5This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”Leviticus 25:21But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.Mark 10:16And He took the children in His arms, placed His hands on them, and blessed them.

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