Exodus 23:1 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תִשָּׂ֖א	ti.Sa'	you must bear	H5375 →
שֵׁ֣מַע	She.ma'	a report of	H8088 →
שָׁ֑וְא	Shav'	falsehood	H7723 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תָּ֤שֶׁת	Ta.shet	you put	H7896 →
יָֽדְךָ֙	ya.de.Kha	hand your	H3027 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
רָשָׁ֔ע	ra.Sha'	a wicked [person]	H7563 →
לִהְיֹ֖ת	lih.Yot	to be	H1961 →
עֵ֥ד	'ed	a witness of	H5707 →
חָמָֽס׃ ס	cha.Mas	injustice	H2555 →

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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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
Exodus 20:16
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
leads to
- Psalms 15:3
  who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 19:5
  A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
- Matthew 19:18
  “Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
- Matthew 26:59–60
  Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
- Deuteronomy 19:15–21
  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…
Through
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
leads to
- Proverbs 21:28
  A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.
- Proverbs 6:19
  a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
Through
Psalms 101:5
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
leads to
- Psalms 18:27
  For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.

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 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,Deuteronomy 19:16–21If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,Proverbs 14:5An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.Matthew 26:59–61Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.Romans 3:8Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!Deuteronomy 5:20You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.Psalms 35:11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.Leviticus 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.Revelation 12:10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.Acts 6:11–13Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.Genesis 39:17Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,1 Peter 3:16keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.Proverbs 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

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