Proverbs 15:9 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת	to.'a.Vat	[is] [the] abomination of	H8441 →
יְ֭הוָה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
דֶּ֣רֶךְ	De.rekh	[the] way of	H1870 →
רָשָׁ֑ע	ra.Sha'	a wicked [person]	H7563 →
וּמְרַדֵּ֖ף	u.me.ra.Def	and [one who] pursues	H7291 →
צְדָקָ֣ה	tze.da.Kah	righteousness	H6666 →
יֶאֱהָֽב׃	ye.'e.Hav	he loves	H157 →

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
Matthew 7:13
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
leads to
- Luke 13:24–25
  “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
- Proverbs 16:25
  There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
- John 14:6
  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- John 10:9
  I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
- Isaiah 55:7
  Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely…
Through
Proverbs 21:21
He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
leads to
- Matthew 5:6
  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Through
1 Timothy 6:11
But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:14
  Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Timothy 2:22
  Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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.

Psalms 139:24See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.1 Peter 3:13Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?1 Timothy 6:11But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.1 Corinthians 14:1Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.Proverbs 21:21He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.Matthew 7:13Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.Jeremiah 44:4Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’Hosea 6:3So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.Habakkuk 1:13Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?Proverbs 21:4Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.Isaiah 51:1“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.Isaiah 51:7Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.Proverbs 21:8The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.Psalms 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.Isaiah 26:7The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.Psalms 146:8–9the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.2 Timothy 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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