Proverbs 20:2 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נַ֣הַם	Na.ham	[is] a roaring	H5099 →
כַּ֭כְּפִיר	Ka.ke.fir	like <the> young lion	H3715 →
אֵ֣ימַת	'Ei.mat	[the] terror of	H367 →
מֶ֑לֶךְ	Me.lekh	a king	H4428 →
מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗וֹ	mit.'a.be.Ro	[one who] infuriates him	H5674 →
חוֹטֵ֥א	cho.Te'	[is] missing	H2398 →
נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃	naf.Sho	life his	H5315 →

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 8:36
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
leads to
- Proverbs 15:32
  He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
- Proverbs 1:31
  So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- 1 Corinthians 16:22
  If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
- John 15:23–24
  Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
- Proverbs 12:1
  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
Through
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
leads to
- Proverbs 25:15
  Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
- Ecclesiastes 8:3
  Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
- 1 Samuel 25:24–44
  She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.

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.

1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.Romans 13:3For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.Ecclesiastes 10:4If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.1 Kings 2:23Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.Proverbs 8:36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”Romans 13:4For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.Amos 3:8The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?Hosea 11:10They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.Proverbs 16:14–15The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.Proverbs 28:15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.Ecclesiastes 8:4For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”Habakkuk 2:10You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.Esther 1:12Queen Vashti, however, refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs. And the king became furious, and his anger burned within him.2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.Numbers 16:38As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”Proverbs 30:31a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.

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