Proverbs 2:17 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַ֭עֹזֶבֶת	Ha.'o.ze.vet	who leaves	H5800 →
אַלּ֣וּף	'a.Luf	[the] close friend of	H441 →
נְעוּרֶ֑יהָ	ne.'u.Rei.ha	youth<s> her	H5271 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
בְּרִ֖ית	be.Rit	[the] covenant of	H1285 →
אֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ	'e.lo.Hei.ha	God her	H430 →
שָׁכֵֽחָה׃	sha.Khe.chah	she forgets	H7911 →

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
Proverbs 5:18
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 9:9
  Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your…
- Malachi 2:14–15
  Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your…
Through
Ezekiel 16:8
Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a…
leads to
- Ruth 3:9
  “Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”
- Jeremiah 2:2–3
  “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness,…
- Romans 5:8
  But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Isaiah 43:4
  Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
- Exodus 32:13
  Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will…
Through
Jeremiah 3:4
Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
leads to
- Jeremiah 2:2
  “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness,…

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.

Malachi 2:14Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.Matthew 19:6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”Ezekiel 16:59–60For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.Ezekiel 16:8Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.Jeremiah 3:4Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.Proverbs 5:18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:Malachi 2:14–16Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.Joel 1:8Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

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