Proverbs 31:4 BSB — MannaFest

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10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַ֤ל	'al	may not [it be]	H408 →
לַֽמְלָכִ֨ים׀	lam.la.Khim	for <the> kings	H4428 →
לְֽמוֹאֵ֗ל	le.mo.'El	O Lemuel	H3927 →
אַ֣ל	'al	may not [it be]	H408 →
לַֽמְלָכִ֣ים	lam.la.Khim	for <the> kings	H4428 →
שְׁתוֹ־	she.tov-	to drink	H8354 →
יָ֑יִן	Ya.yin	wine	H3196 →
וּ֝לְרוֹזְנִ֗ים	u.le.roz.Nim	and for rulers	H7336 →
אֵ֣י	'ov	where?	H335 →
שֵׁכָֽר׃	she.Khar	strong drink	H7941 →

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
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
leads to
- Isaiah 28:7
  These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ephesians 5:18
  Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- Hosea 4:11
  Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
- 1 Corinthians 6:10
  nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
- Galatians 5:21
  and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Through
Habakkuk 2:5
and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and…
leads to
- Proverbs 31:4–5
  It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Isaiah 5:22
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
leads to
- Isaiah 5:11
  Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
- Habakkuk 2:15
  Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

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 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.Ecclesiastes 10:17Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,Hosea 4:11–12Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.Habakkuk 2:5and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.1 Kings 20:16–20They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.Esther 3:15The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.Leviticus 10:9–10“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.Hosea 7:3–5They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.Mark 6:21–28On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.Isaiah 28:7–8These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.Daniel 5:2–4Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.1 Kings 20:12Ben-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they stationed themselves against the city.

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