Proverbs 2:20 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לְמַ֗עַן	le.Ma.'an	so that	H4616 →
תֵּ֭לֵךְ	Te.lekh	you may walk	H1980 →
בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ	be.De.rekh	in [the] way of	H1870 →
טוֹבִ֑ים	to.Vim	good [people]	H2896 →
וְאָרְח֖וֹת	ve.'a.re.Chot	and [the] paths of	H734 →
צַדִּיקִ֣ים	tza.di.Kim	righteous [people]	H6662 →
תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃	tish.Mor	you will keep	H8104 →

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
Jeremiah 6:16
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.…
leads to
- Isaiah 30:21
  And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- Deuteronomy 32:7
  Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
- Jeremiah 18:15
  Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
- Matthew 11:28–29
  Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Jeremiah 7:23
  but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that…
Through
Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 15:33–34
  Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- Proverbs 15:31
  He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
- Proverbs 9:6
  Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

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.

Psalms 112:5It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.Hebrews 6:12Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.3 John 1:11Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.Jeremiah 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’Psalms 119:63I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.Romans 4:12And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.Song of Solomon 1:7–8Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?2 Chronicles 19:11Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”

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