Proverbs 10:21 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שִׂפְתֵ֣י	sif.Tei	[the] lips of	H8193 →
צַ֭דִּיק	Tza.dik	[the] righteous	H6662 →
יִרְע֣וּ	yir.'U	they feed	H7462 →
רַבִּ֑ים	ra.Bim	many [people]	H7227 →
וֶֽ֝אֱוִילִ֗ים	ve.'e.vi.Lim	and fools	H191 →
בַּחֲסַר־	ba.cha.sar-	by lack of	H2638 →
לֵ֥ב	lev	heart	H3820 →
יָמֽוּתוּ׃	ya.Mu.tu	they die	H4191 →

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
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget…
leads to
- Isaiah 5:13
  Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.
- Proverbs 19:2
  Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
- Hosea 6:6
  For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
- 2 Corinthians 4:3–6
  And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
- Hosea 4:1
  Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God…
Through
Proverbs 1:29
For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
leads to
- Proverbs 6:23
  For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
- Proverbs 1:22
  “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Through
Proverbs 17:16
Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
leads to
- Proverbs 21:25–26
  The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.

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.

Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.Proverbs 17:16Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?Acts 20:28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.Proverbs 1:29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.Job 4:3–4Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.Ecclesiastes 12:9–10Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.Deuteronomy 6:7And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.Proverbs 15:4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.Job 4:3Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.Proverbs 19:2Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.Psalms 119:144Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.Proverbs 5:12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!Proverbs 5:23He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.Job 29:21–22Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

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