Isaiah 1:23 BSB — MannaFest

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17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שָׂרַ֣יִךְ	sa.Ra.yikh	leaders your	H8269 →
סוֹרְרִ֗ים	so.Rim	[are] rebels	H5637 →
וְחַבְרֵי֙	ve.chav.Rei	and companions of	H2270 →
גַּנָּבִ֔ים	ga.na.Vim	thieves	H1590 →
כֻּלּוֹ֙	ku.Lo	all of it	H3605 →
אֹהֵ֣ב	'o.Hev	[is] loving	H157 →
שֹׁ֔חַד	Sho.chad	a bribe	H7810 →
וְרֹדֵ֖ף	ve.ro.Def	and [is] pursuing	H7291 →
שַׁלְמֹנִ֑ים	shal.mo.Nim	rewards	H8021 →
יָתוֹם֙	ya.tOm	[the] fatherless	H3490 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִשְׁפֹּ֔טוּ	yish.Po.tu	they vindicate	H8199 →
וְרִ֥יב	ve.Riv	and [the] lawsuit of	H7379 →
אַלְמָנָ֖ה	'al.ma.Nah	a widow	H490 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יָב֥וֹא	ya.Vo'	it comes	H935 →
אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ פ	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H413 →

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 23:8
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
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.
- Proverbs 17:23
  A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
- Isaiah 5:23
  who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
- Proverbs 15:27
  He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
- 1 Samuel 8:3
  But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
Through
Micah 7:3
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
leads to
- Micah 3:11
  Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster…
- Proverbs 4:16–17
  For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
Through
Zechariah 7:10
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
leads to
- Jeremiah 5:28
  They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the…

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.

Isaiah 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.Exodus 23:8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.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.’Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.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,1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.Ezekiel 12:2“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.Exodus 22:22You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.Micah 6:12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.Isaiah 65:2All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,Luke 18:2–5“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.Acts 4:5–11The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,Proverbs 31:9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.1 Corinthians 6:10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

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