Proverbs 1:11 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
יֹאמְרוּ֮	yo.me.Ru	they will say	H559 →
לְכָ֪ה	le.Khah	come !	H1980 →
אִ֫תָּ֥נוּ	'i.Ta.nu	with us	H854 →
נֶאֶרְבָ֥ה	ne.'er.Vah	let us lie in wait	H693 →
לְדָ֑ם	le.Dam	for blood	H1818 →
נִצְפְּנָ֖ה	nitz.pe.Nah	let us lie hidden	H6845 →
לְנָקִ֣י	le.na.Ki	for an innocent [one]	H5355 →
חִנָּֽם׃	chi.Nam	without cause	H2600 →

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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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
Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
leads to
- Proverbs 14:3
  The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
Through
Proverbs 1:18
But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
leads to
- Psalms 9:16
  The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Esther 7:10
  So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- Proverbs 5:22–23
  The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Proverbs 28:17
  A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
Through
Jeremiah 5:26
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
leads to
- Psalms 64:5
  They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
- Ezekiel 22:2–12
  “As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations
- Jeremiah 18:22
  Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

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.

Proverbs 1:18But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.Exodus 20:13You shall not murder.Exodus 1:10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.Jeremiah 5:26For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.Jeremiah 18:18–20Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”Psalms 94:21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.Genesis 11:3And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’Micah 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.Psalms 56:6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.Matthew 26:3–4At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,Psalms 17:12like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.Psalms 10:8–10He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.

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