Proverbs 8:17 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

5 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֲ֭נִי	'A.ni	I	H589 →
אֹהֲבַ֣י	'o.ha.vei.i	[those who] love me	H157 →
אֵהָ֑ב	'e.Hav	I love	H157 →
וּ֝מְשַׁחֲרַ֗י	u.me.sha.cha.Rai	and [those who] earnestly seek me	H7836 →
יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃	yim.tza.'U.ni	they find me	H4672 →

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
Isaiah 55:6
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
leads to
- Jeremiah 29:12–14
  Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Psalms 145:18
  The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
- Isaiah 45:19
  I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth;…
- Psalms 32:6
  Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
- Psalms 14:2
  The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
Through
John 14:21
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
leads to
- John 14:15
  If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 John 5:3
  For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
- 1 John 2:5
  But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

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.

Hebrews 11:6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.John 14:23Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.John 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”Psalms 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.1 John 4:19We love because He first loved us.1 Samuel 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.Matthew 7:7–8Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.John 16:27For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.Psalms 105:3Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.1 Chronicles 16:10Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

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