Proverbs 18:5 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שְׂאֵ֣ת	se.'Et	to lift up	H5375 →
פְּנֵי־	pe.nei-	[the] face of	H6440 →
רָשָׁ֣ע	ra.Sha'	a wicked [person]	H7563 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
ט֑וֹב	Tov	[is] good	H2896 →
לְהַטּ֥וֹת	le.ha.Tot	to turn aside	H5186 →
צַ֝דִּ֗יק	tza.Dik	a righteous [person]	H6662 →
בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃	ba.mish.Pat	in <the> judgment	H4941 →

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
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.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:17
  Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 24:23
  These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 27:19
  ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Exodus 23:6–8
  You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
- Exodus 23:2–3
  You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
Through
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.
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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 23:2
  You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Proverbs 24:23
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
leads to
- Proverbs 28:21
  To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

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.

Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”Leviticus 19:15You 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 16:19Do 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.Proverbs 17:26It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.Proverbs 28:21To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.Psalms 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.Isaiah 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.Deuteronomy 1:16–17At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.Matthew 22:16They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.1 Kings 21:9–14In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.Nehemiah 5:9So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?Job 34:19who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.Psalms 140:4Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.1 Timothy 5:21I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.Job 13:7–8Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?

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