Proverbs 6:25

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־may not

  ʾal-H408 →724 times

• תַּחְמֹ֣דyou desire

  tachmodH2530 →25 times

• יָ֭פְיָהּbeauty her

  yafeyahH3308 →

• בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָin heart your

  bilvavekhaH3824 →

• וְאַל־and may not

  veal-H408 →724 times

• תִּ֝קָּֽחֲךָ֗she capture you

  tikachakhaH3947 →966 times

• בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ׃with eyelids her

  beafapeihaH6079 →10 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

  Matthew 5:28

  But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

  it leads to

  • 1 John 2:16

    For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

  • James 1:14–15

    But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

  • Exodus 20:17

    You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

  • 2 Samuel 11:2

    One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

  • Job 31:1

    “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

• Through

  Isaiah 3:16

  The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—

  it leads to

  • Isaiah 32:9–11

    Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.

  • Ezekiel 16:49–50

    Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.

• Through

  2 Kings 9:30

  Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.

  it leads to

  • Jeremiah 4:30

    And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain;…