Proverbs 12:18

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• יֵ֣שׁthere

  yeshH3426 →140 times

• בּ֭וֹטֶה[is one who] speaks rashly

  botehH981 →

• כְּמַדְקְר֣וֹתlike thrusts of

  kemadkerotH4094 →

• חָ֑רֶבa sword

  charevH2719 →413 times

• וּלְשׁ֖וֹןand [the] tongue of

  uleshonH3956 →117 times

• חֲכָמִ֣יםwise [people]

  chakhamimH2450 →138 times

• מַרְפֵּֽא׃[is] healing

  marpe'H4832 →16 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Proverbs 16:24

  Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

  it leads to

  • Proverbs 24:13–14

    Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

  • Proverbs 4:22

    For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

  • Proverbs 25:11–12

    A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

  • Proverbs 23:16

    My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

  • Proverbs 3:8

    This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.

• Through

  Proverbs 15:4

  A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

  it leads to

  • Proverbs 16:24

    Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

  • Proverbs 18:8

    The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

  • Proverbs 3:18

    She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.