Proverbs 15:17 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ט֤וֹב	Tov	[is] good	H2896 →
אֲרֻחַ֣ת	'a.ru.Chat	a portion of	H737 →
יָ֭רָק	Ya.rok	vegetables	H3419 →
וְאַהֲבָה־	ve.'a.ha.vah-	and love	H160 →
שָׁ֑ם	Sham	[is] there	H8033 →
מִשּׁ֥וֹר	mi.Shor	more than an ox	H7794 →
אָ֝ב֗וּס	'a.Vus	fattened	H75 →
וְשִׂנְאָה־	ve.sin.'ah-	and hatred	H8135 →
בֽוֹ׃	vo	[is] with it

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 17:1
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
leads to
- Proverbs 21:9
  Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 37:16
  Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
- Proverbs 21:19
  Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
Through
1 John 4:16
And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
leads to
- 1 John 3:24
  Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
- Psalms 36:7–9
  How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
- 1 John 3:1
  Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is…
- 1 John 4:8–10
  Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
- Psalms 18:1–3
  I love You, O LORD, my strength.

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 21:9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.Proverbs 17:1Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.Romans 14:2For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.1 Samuel 20:24So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.Jeremiah 46:21Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time of their punishment.Matthew 22:4Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’Psalms 133:1–3Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!1 John 4:16And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.Philippians 2:1Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,Luke 15:23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.

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