Proverbs 29:8

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.

• אַנְשֵׁ֣יpeople of

  ʾansheiH582 →566 times

• לָ֭צוֹןmockery

  latzonH3944 →

• יָפִ֣יחוּthey inflame

  yafichuH6315 →14 times

• קִרְיָ֑הa town

  kiryahH7151 →29 times

• וַ֝חֲכָמִ֗יםand wise [people]

  vachakhamimH2450 →138 times

• יָשִׁ֥יבוּthey turn away

  yashivuH7725 →1056 times

• אָֽף׃anger

  ʾafH639 →276 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

  Jeremiah 15:1

  Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.

  it leads to

  • Ezekiel 14:14

    then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Ezekiel 14:20–21

    then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.

  • Jeremiah 14:11

    Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.

  • Jeremiah 11:14

    As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in…

  • Psalms 106:23

    So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

• Through

  Proverbs 11:11

  By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

  it leads to

  • Proverbs 14:34

    Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

  • 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…

• Through

  Proverbs 16:14

  The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

  it leads to

  • Proverbs 20:2

    The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.