Proverbs 18:4 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מַ֣יִם	Ma.yim	[are] waters	H4325 →
עֲ֭מֻקִּים	'A.mu.kim	deep	H6013 →
דִּבְרֵ֣י	div.Rei	[the] words of	H1697 →
פִי־	fi-	[the] mouth of	H6310 →
אִ֑ישׁ	'Ish	a person	H376 →
נַ֥חַל	Na.chal	a wadi	H5158 →
נֹ֝בֵ֗עַ	no.Ve.a'	flowing	H5042 →
מְק֣וֹר	me.Kor	a fountain of	H4726 →
חָכְמָֽה׃	chokh.mah	wisdom	H2451 →

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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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
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:29
  Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 3:15
  But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and…
- Ecclesiastes 10:12
  The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
- Mark 9:50
  Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
Through
John 4:14
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
leads to
- John 7:38–39
  Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
- John 6:35
  Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
- Isaiah 49:10
  They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
- Revelation 7:16
  ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’

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.

John 7:38Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”Proverbs 20:5The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.Proverbs 13:14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”John 7:38–39Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,Matthew 13:52Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.2 Chronicles 9:2And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain.

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