Proverbs 17:4 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מֵ֭רַע	Me.ra'	an evil-doer	H7489 →
מַקְשִׁ֣יב	mak.Shiv	[is] paying attention	H7181 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
שְׂפַת־	se.fat-	a lip of	H8193 →
אָ֑וֶן	'A.ven	wickedness	H205 →
שֶׁ֥קֶר	She.ker	deception	H8267 →
מֵ֝זִין	Me.zin	[is] giving ear	H238 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
לְשׁ֥וֹן	le.Shon	a tongue of	H3956 →
הַוֹּֽת׃	ha.Vot	destruction<s>	H1942 →

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 28:4
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
leads to
- Romans 1:32
  Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
- Ephesians 5:11
  Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- Matthew 14:4
  because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
- Matthew 3:7
  But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Through
1 John 4:5
They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
leads to
- John 8:23
  Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
- 2 Peter 2:2–3
  Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
- John 17:14
  I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Through
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
leads to
- Ezekiel 13:6
  They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.

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.

2 Timothy 4:3–4For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.1 John 4:5They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?1 Samuel 24:9and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.Revelation 13:3–8One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast.1 Kings 22:6–28So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”1 Samuel 22:7–11Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?

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