Proverbs 1:8 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שְׁמַ֣ע	she.Ma'	listen to	H8085 →
בְּ֭נִי	Be.ni	O son my	H1121 →
מוּסַ֣ר	mu.Sar	[the] correction of	H4148 →
אָבִ֑יךָ	'a.Vi.kha	father your	H1 →
וְאַל־	ve.'al-	and may not	H408 →
תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ	ti.Tosh	you reject	H5203 →
תּוֹרַ֥ת	to.Rat	[the] instruction of	H8451 →
אִמֶּֽךָ׃	'i.Me.kha	mother your	H517 →

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 2:1
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
leads to
- Proverbs 3:1
  My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
- Proverbs 1:3
  and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
- Proverbs 4:1
  Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
- John 12:47–48
  As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
- Deuteronomy 6:6–9
  These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
Through
Proverbs 30:17
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
leads to
- Proverbs 23:22
  Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Timothy 1:5
I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 1:5
  The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
- Acts 16:1
  Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.

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.

Deuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.Proverbs 30:17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.Proverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.Proverbs 5:1–2My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,Proverbs 8:33Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,2 Timothy 1:5I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.Proverbs 31:1These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:Proverbs 4:1–4Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.Deuteronomy 21:18–21If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.Proverbs 1:15my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

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