Exodus 1:9 BSB — MannaFest

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10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
עַמּ֑וֹ	a.Mo	people his	H5971 →
הִנֵּ֗ה	hi.Neh	here!	H2009 →
עַ֚ם	'am	[the] people of	H5971 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
רַ֥ב	rav	[is] numerous	H7227 →
וְעָצ֖וּם	ve.'a.Tzum	and mighty	H6099 →
מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃	mi.Me.nu	more than us	H4480 →

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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
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
leads to
- 1 John 3:12
  Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ecclesiastes 2:21
  When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a…
- Ecclesiastes 1:14
  I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26
  To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over…
- 1 Samuel 18:29–30
  he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.
Through
Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
leads to
- Proverbs 6:34
  For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
- Proverbs 14:30
  A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
- James 3:14–16
  But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

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.

Exodus 1:12But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.Psalms 105:24–25And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,Genesis 26:16Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”Ecclesiastes 4:4I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.James 3:14–16But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.Proverbs 27:4Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?Numbers 22:4–5So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.Proverbs 14:28A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.James 4:5Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.Deuteronomy 4:34Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

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