Proverbs 22:5 BSB — MannaFest

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8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
צִנִּ֣ים	tzi.Nim	thorns	H6791 →
פַּ֭חִים	Pa.chim	snares	H6341 →
בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ	be.De.rekh	[are] in [the] path of	H1870 →
עִקֵּ֑שׁ	'i.Kesh	a perverse [person]	H6141 →
שׁוֹמֵ֥ר	sho.Mer	[one who] guards	H8104 →
נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ	naf.Sho	self his	H5315 →
יִרְחַ֥ק	yir.Chak	he will be far	H7368 →
מֵהֶֽם׃	me.Hem	from them

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
1 John 5:18
We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
leads to
- 1 John 3:9
  Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
- 1 John 5:4
  because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
- Jude 1:21
  keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
- 1 John 5:1
  Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
- Jude 1:24
  Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
Through
Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.
leads to
- Isaiah 35:8
  And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
leads to
- Jeremiah 2:19
  Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear…
- Proverbs 4:19
  But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

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 4:23Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.Jude 1:20–21But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,Proverbs 15:19The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.1 John 5:18We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.Proverbs 13:15Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.Proverbs 19:16He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.Job 18:8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.Psalms 18:26–27to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.Genesis 3:18Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.Proverbs 14:27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.Joshua 23:13know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

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