Proverbs 26:4 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תַּ֣עַן	Ta.'an	you answer	H6030 →
כְּ֭סִיל	Ke.sil	a fool	H3684 →
כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹ	ke.'i.val.To	according to foolishness his	H200 →
פֶּֽן־	pen-	lest	H6435 →
תִּשְׁוֶה־	tish.veh-	you should become like	H7737 →
לּ֥וֹ	lo	<to> him
גַם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
אָֽתָּה׃	'A.tah	you	H859 →

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 Peter 3:9
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
leads to
- Romans 12:17
  Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
- Proverbs 20:22
  Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
- Romans 12:14
  Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
- Romans 12:19–21
  Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15
  Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
Through
Jude 1:9
But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
leads to
- Zechariah 3:2
  And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”
- 2 Peter 2:11
  Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 34:6
  And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.

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 26:5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.Proverbs 29:9If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.1 Peter 3:9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.Jude 1:9But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”1 Kings 12:14and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”Proverbs 17:14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.Job 12:3But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?Judges 12:1–6Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”1 Kings 12:16When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,2 Samuel 19:41–43Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”2 Kings 18:36But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”1 Peter 2:21–23For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:2 Kings 14:8–10Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.Isaiah 36:21But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

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