Proverbs 17:15 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מַצְדִּ֣יק	matz.Dik	[one who] justifies	H6663 →
רָ֭שָׁע	Ra.sho'	[the] wicked	H7563 →
וּמַרְשִׁ֣יעַ	u.mar.Shi.a'	and [one who] condemns as guilty	H7561 →
צַדִּ֑יק	tza.Dik	[the] righteous	H6662 →
תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת	to.'a.Vat	[are] [the] abomination of	H8441 →
יְ֝הוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃	she.nei.Hem	both of them	H8147 →

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
Exodus 23:7
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:25
  Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- Deuteronomy 27:25
  ‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Through
Proverbs 18:5
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
leads to
- Leviticus 19:15
  You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
- Deuteronomy 16:19
  Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
- Psalms 82:2
  “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
- Proverbs 28:21
  To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
Through
Amos 6:12
“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
leads to
- Amos 5:7
  There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
Through
Isaiah 5:23
who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
leads to
- Isaiah 10:2
  to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.

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.

Isaiah 5:20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.Exodus 23:7Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.Isaiah 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.Proverbs 18:5Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.Matthew 12:7If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.John 7:24Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”Proverbs 24:23–24These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.Proverbs 17:26It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.Proverbs 3:32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.Proverbs 24:24Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;Luke 23:24So Pilate sentenced that their demand be met.Amos 6:12“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.Isaiah 55:8–9“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.Psalms 94:21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.Amos 5:12For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.Deuteronomy 25:1If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

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