Proverbs 6:20 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נְצֹ֣ר	ne.Tzor	keep	H5341 →
בְּ֭נִי	Be.ni	O son my	H1121 →
מִצְוַ֣ת	mitz.Vat	[the] commandment of	H4687 →
אָבִ֑יךָ	'a.Vi.kha	father your	H1 →
וְאַל־	ve.'al-	and may not	H408 →
תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ	ti.Tosh	you forsake	H5203 →
תּוֹרַ֥ת	to.Rat	[the] instruction of	H8451 →
אִמֶּֽךָ׃	'i.Me.kha	mother your	H517 →

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
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
leads to
- Colossians 3:20–25
  Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
- Proverbs 1:8
  Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 23:22
  Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
- Colossians 3:16–17
  Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to…
- Deuteronomy 21:18
  If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
Through
Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
leads to
- Proverbs 30:17
  As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
Through
Deuteronomy 27:16
‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
leads to
- Leviticus 19:3
  Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
- Exodus 21:17
  Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

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 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.Colossians 3:20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.Proverbs 31:1These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Proverbs 7:1–4My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.Proverbs 1:8–9Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.Jeremiah 35:8And we have obeyed the voice of our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab in all he commanded us. So we have not drunk wine all our lives—neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters.Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.Genesis 49:2Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

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