Lamentations 3:40 BSB

Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נַחְפְּשָׂ֤ה	nach.pe.Sah	let us examine	H2664 →
דְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙	de.ra.Khei.nu	ways our	H1870 →
וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָה	ve.nach.Ko.rah	and let us examine	H2713 →
וְנָשׁ֖וּבָה	ve.na.Shu.vah	and let us return	H7725 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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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
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 11:28
  Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
- Psalms 139:23–24
  Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
- 1 Corinthians 9:27
  No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
- Revelation 2:5
  Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from…
- Galatians 6:4
  Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.
Through
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely…
leads to
- Proverbs 28:13
  He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- James 4:8–10
  Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Ezekiel 18:21–23
  But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

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2 Corinthians 13:5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?Psalms 139:23–24Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.Joel 2:12–13“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.Psalms 4:4Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah Psalms 119:59I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.Haggai 1:5–9Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.Hosea 6:1Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.Luke 15:18I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.Hosea 14:1–3Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.1 Corinthians 11:28Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.Haggai 1:5Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.Acts 3:19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,2 Chronicles 30:9For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”Ezekiel 18:28Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.1 Corinthians 11:31Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.2 Chronicles 30:6So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.Psalms 77:6At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:

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