Proverbs 21:9 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ט֗וֹב	Tov	[is] good	H2896 →
לָשֶׁ֥בֶת	la.She.vet	to dwell	H3427 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פִּנַּת־	pi.nat-	a corner of	H6438 →
גָּ֑ג	Gag	a roof	H1406 →
מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת	me.'E.shet	more than a woman of	H802 →
מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים	mid.ya.Nim	contentions	H4079 →
וּבֵ֥ית	u.Veit	and a house of	H1004 →
חָֽבֶר׃	Cha.ver	association	H2269 →

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 12:4
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
leads to
- Proverbs 31:10–25
  A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
- Proverbs 14:30
  A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
- Proverbs 14:1
  Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- Proverbs 19:13–14
  A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
- 1 Corinthians 11:11
  In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
Through
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
leads to
- Proverbs 27:15
  A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
Through
Proverbs 21:19
Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
leads to
- Psalms 55:6–7
  I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
Through
Proverbs 25:24
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
leads to
- Proverbs 21:19
  Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.

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.

Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.Proverbs 27:15–16A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—Proverbs 25:24Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.Proverbs 12:4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.Proverbs 17:1Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.Proverbs 15:17Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.Proverbs 27:15A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—Proverbs 30:23an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.Proverbs 9:13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.Matthew 19:10His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”

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