Proverbs 17:2 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֶֽבֶד־	'e.ved-	a servant	H5650 →
מַשְׂכִּ֗יל	mas.Kil	[who] acts prudently	H7919 →
יִ֭מְשֹׁל	Yim.shol	he will rule	H4910 →
בְּבֵ֣ן	be.Ven	over a son	H1121 →
מֵבִ֑ישׁ	me.Vish	[who] acts shamefully	H954 →
וּבְת֥וֹךְ	u.ve.Tokh	and in among	H8432 →
אַ֝חִ֗ים	'a.Chim	brothers	H251 →
יַחֲלֹ֥ק	ya.cha.Lok	he will share	H2505 →
נַחֲלָֽה׃	na.cha.Lah	[the] inheritance	H5159 →

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 10:5
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
leads to
- Proverbs 6:8
  it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
- Proverbs 30:25
  The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
Through
Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 25:16
  While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has…
- Proverbs 19:1
  Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9–10
  For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in…
Through
Proverbs 19:26
He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
leads to
- Proverbs 10:5
  He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
Through
Proverbs 11:29
He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 5:16
  This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
Through
Proverbs 14:35
A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
leads to
- Matthew 24:45–51
  Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?

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 10:5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.Proverbs 14:35A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.Proverbs 19:26He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.Genesis 39:4Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.Proverbs 11:29He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.Proverbs 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.Proverbs 27:18Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.Genesis 41:41Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.”Genesis 24:4–67but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”Proverbs 16:20Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.Genesis 15:2But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

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