Proverbs 25:18 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מֵפִ֣יץ	me.Fitz	a war-club	H4650 →
וְ֭חֶרֶב	Ve.che.rev	and a sword	H2719 →
וְחֵ֣ץ	ve.Chetz	and an arrow	H2671 →
שָׁנ֑וּן	sha.Nun	sharpened	H8150 →
אִ֥ישׁ	'ish	a person	H376 →
עֹנֶ֥ה	'o.Neh	[who] testifies	H6030 →
בְ֝רֵעֵ֗הוּ	ve.re.'E.hu	against neighbor his	H7453 →
עֵ֣ד	'ed	a witness of	H5707 →
שָֽׁקֶר׃	Sha.ker	falsehood	H8267 →

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
James 3:6
The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on…
leads to
- Psalms 120:2–3
  Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
- Proverbs 16:27
  A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
- Mark 7:15
  Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
- Matthew 15:11–20
  A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
- Proverbs 15:1
  A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Through
Proverbs 12:18
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
leads to
- Proverbs 16:24
  Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
- Proverbs 15:4
  A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Through
Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
leads to
- Psalms 28:3
  Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.

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.

Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.Proverbs 26:18Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,Jeremiah 9:4“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.James 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.Jeremiah 9:8Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.Proverbs 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.Psalms 120:3–4What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?Proverbs 21:28A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.Proverbs 24:28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah 2 Chronicles 34:6Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.Psalms 55:21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

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