Proverbs 23:3

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• אַל־may not

  ʾal-H408 →724 times

• תִּ֭תְאָיוyou crave

  titoH183 →26 times

• לְמַטְעַמּוֹתָ֑יוfor dainties his

  lematamotavH4303 →

• וְ֝ה֗וּאand it

  vehu'H1931 →1879 times

• לֶ֣חֶם[is] food of

  lechemH3899 →298 times

• כְּזָבִֽים׃lies

  kezavimH3577 →31 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Daniel 1:8

  But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.

  it leads to

  • Psalms 141:4

    Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Ezekiel 4:13–14

    Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”

  • Leviticus 11:45–47

    For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

• Through

  Ephesians 4:22

  to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

  it leads to

  • Romans 6:6

    We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

  • James 1:21

    Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

  • Hebrews 12:1

    Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…

  • 1 Peter 2:1–2

    Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

• Through

  Luke 21:34

  But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

  it leads to

  • Mark 4:19

    but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.