Proverbs 6:25 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תַּחְמֹ֣ד	tach.Mod	you desire	H2530 →
יָ֭פְיָהּ	Ya.fe.yah	beauty her	H3308 →
בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ	bil.va.Ve.kha	in heart your	H3824 →
וְאַל־	ve.'al-	and may not	H408 →
תִּ֝קָּֽחֲךָ֗	ti.ka.cha.kha	she capture you	H3947 →
בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ׃	be.'af.'a.Pei.ha	with eyelids her	H6079 →

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
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.
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—
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.
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;…

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.

Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?Proverbs 31:30Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.Psalms 101:3I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.James 1:14–15But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.Matthew 5:28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.2 Kings 9:30Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.1 John 2:16For 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.2 Samuel 11:2One 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.Proverbs 7:25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.2 Samuel 11:2–5One 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 31:9If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,Leviticus 18:20You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.2 Samuel 13:1After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.Ezekiel 23:16At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.Deuteronomy 21:11if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,Proverbs 23:31Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.Isaiah 3:16The 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—

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