Deuteronomy 8:12 BSB

Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
פֶּן־	pen-	lest	H6435 →
תֹּאכַ֖ל	to.Khal	you should eat	H398 →
וְשָׂבָ֑עְתָּ	ve.sa.Va.'e.ta	and you will be satisfied	H7646 →
וּבָתִּ֥ים	u.va.Tim	and houses	H1004 →
טוֹבִ֛ים	to.Vim	good	H2896 →
תִּבְנֶ֖ה	tiv.Neh	you will build	H1129 →
וְיָשָֽׁבְתָּ׃	ve.ya.Sha.ve.ta	and you will dwell	H3427 →

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
Proverbs 30:9
Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
leads to
- Hosea 13:6
  When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 31:20
  When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 16:49–50
  Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
- Deuteronomy 8:10–14
  When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
- Nehemiah 9:25–26
  They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat…
Through
Deuteronomy 28:47
Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
leads to
- Deuteronomy 16:11
  and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your…
- Deuteronomy 12:7–12
  There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
Through
Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 33:5
  So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.

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 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.Hosea 13:5–6I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.Deuteronomy 28:47Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,Ecclesiastes 2:4I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.Jeremiah 22:14–15who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.Haggai 1:4“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.Deuteronomy 31:20When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.Luke 17:28It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.Ezekiel 11:3They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’

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