Proverbs 4:21

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.

• אַל־do not

  ʾal-H408 →724 times

• יַלִּ֥יזוּlet them depart

  yalizuH3868 →6 times

• מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָfrom eyes your

  meeineikhaH5869 →887 times

• שָׁ֝מְרֵ֗םkeep them

  shamremH8104 →468 times

• בְּת֣וֹךְin [the] midst of

  betokhH8432 →418 times

• לְבָבֶֽךָ׃heart your

  levavekhaH3824 →

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

  Psalms 40:8

  I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

  it leads to

  • Romans 7:22

    For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

  • John 4:34

    Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

  • Jeremiah 15:16

    Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

  • Psalms 119:16

    I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

• Through

  Proverbs 3:3

  Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

  it leads to

  • 2 Corinthians 3:3

    It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on…

  • Proverbs 7:3

    Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

  • Hebrews 10:16

    “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”

• Through

  Proverbs 2:1

  My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

  it leads to

  • Proverbs 3:1

    My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;