Proverbs 26:23

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.

• כֶּ֣סֶףsilver of

  kesefH3701 →403 times

• סִ֭יגִיםdross<es>

  sigimH5509 →

• מְצֻפֶּ֣הoverlaid

  metzupehH6823 →

• עַל־on

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• חָ֑רֶשׂearthenware

  charesH2789 →

• שְׂפָתַ֖יִםlips

  sefatayimH8193 →176 times

• דֹּלְקִ֣יםburning

  dolekimH1814 →

• וְלֶב־and a heart of

  velev-H3820 →595 times

• רָֽע׃evil

  ra'H7451 →662 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

  Ezekiel 33:31

  So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest…

  it leads to

  • Matthew 13:22

    The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

  • Psalms 78:36–37

    But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.

  • James 1:22–24

    Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

  • Luke 11:28

    But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

  • Isaiah 29:13

    Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…

• Through

  Matthew 23:27

  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.

  it leads to

  • Luke 11:44

    Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”

  • Acts 23:3

    Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”

• Through

  Luke 11:39

  “Now then,” said the Lord, “you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

  it leads to

  • Titus 1:15

    To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.