Proverbs 22:16 BSB — MannaFest

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8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֹ֣שֵֽׁק	'O.shek	[one who] oppresses	H6231 →
דָּ֭ל	dal	[the] poor	H1800 →
לְהַרְבּ֣וֹת	le.har.Bot	to increase	H7235 →
ל֑וֹ	lo	for himself
נֹתֵ֥ן	no.Ten	[one who] gives	H5414 →
לְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר	le.'a.Shir	to a rich [person]	H6223 →
אַךְ־	'akh-	only	H389 →
לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃	le.mach.Sor	to poverty	H4270 →

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
Psalms 12:5
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
leads to
- Psalms 34:6
  This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
- Proverbs 14:31
  Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- James 5:4
  Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
- Psalms 146:7–8
  He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
- Micah 7:8–9
  Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Through
James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
leads to
- Matthew 5:7
  Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
- Proverbs 21:13
  Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
- Matthew 6:15
  But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.

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.

Deuteronomy 24:14Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.Proverbs 22:22–23Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,Luke 14:12Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.Proverbs 22:7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.James 5:1–5Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.Luke 6:33–35If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.Proverbs 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.Luke 14:12–14Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.Proverbs 28:3A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.Job 20:19–29For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.Proverbs 28:22A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?Zechariah 7:9–14“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.Micah 2:2–3They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.

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