Judges 14:1 BSB — MannaFest

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8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֥רֶד	vai.Ye.red	and he went down	H3381 →
שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן	shim.Shon	Samson	H8123 →
תִּמְנָ֑תָה	tim.Na.tah	Timnah towards	H8553 →
וַיַּ֥רְא	vai.Yar'	and he saw	H7200 →
אִשָּׁ֛ה	'i.Shah	a woman	H802 →
בְּתִמְנָ֖תָה	be.tim.Na.tah	in Timnah <towards>	H8553 →
מִבְּנ֥וֹת	mi.be.Not	one of [the] daughters of	H1323 →
פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃	pe.lish.Tim	[the] Philistines	H6430 →

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
Psalms 119:37
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
leads to
- 1 John 2:16
  For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
leads to
- Romans 13:14
  Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
- Galatians 5:17
  For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
- Psalms 119:36–37
  Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
- Genesis 3:6
  When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave…
Through
Job 31:1
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
leads to
- James 1:14–15
  But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
- Matthew 5:28–29
  But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- Psalms 119:37
  Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

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.

Joshua 19:43Elon, Timnah, Ekron,1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.Joshua 15:10The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.Genesis 34:2When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.Genesis 38:12After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?Genesis 34:1–2Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.Genesis 38:12–13After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.2 Chronicles 28:18The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.

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