Proverbs 17:16 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לָמָּה־	la.mah-	<to> why?	H4100 →
זֶּ֣ה	zeh	this	H2088 →
מְחִ֣יר	me.Chir	[is] a price	H4242 →
בְּיַד־	be.yad-	in [the] hand of	H3027 →
כְּסִ֑יל	ke.Sil	a fool	H3684 →
לִקְנ֖וֹת	lik.Not	to acquire	H7069 →
חָכְמָ֣ה	chokh.mah	wisdom	H2451 →
וְלֶב־	ve.lev-	and [is] heart	H3820 →
אָֽיִן׃	'A.yin	there not	H369 →

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 23:23
Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
leads to
- Proverbs 18:15
  The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
- Matthew 13:44
  The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that…
- Psalms 119:72
  The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
- Proverbs 16:16
  How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
- Philippians 3:7–8
  But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
Through
Deuteronomy 5:29
If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
leads to
- Isaiah 48:18
  If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
- Ezekiel 33:31–32
  So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest…
- Deuteronomy 11:1
  You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.

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 18:2A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.Proverbs 21:25–26The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.Luke 7:35But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”Proverbs 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.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.Jeremiah 5:21“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.Proverbs 8:4–5“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.Proverbs 18:15The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.Acts 28:26–27‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”Psalms 111:2Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.2 Corinthians 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.Proverbs 1:2for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,Ecclesiastes 10:2A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.

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