Ruth 2:3 BSB — MannaFest

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14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ	va.Te.lekh	and she went	H1980 →
וַתָּבוֹא֙	va.ta.Vo'	and she came	H935 →
וַתְּלַקֵּ֣ט	va.te.la.Ket	and she gleaned	H3950 →
בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה	ba.sa.Deh	in the field	H7704 →
אַחֲרֵ֖י	'a.cha.Rei	behind	H310 →
הַקֹּצְרִ֑ים	ha.ko.tze.Rim	the harvesters	H7114 →
וַיִּ֣קֶר	vai.Yi.ker	and it chanced on	H7136 →
מִקְרֶ֔הָ	mik.Re.ha	chance her	H4745 →
חֶלְקַ֤ת	chel.Kat	[the] portion of	H2513 →
הַשָּׂדֶה֙	ha.sa.Deh	the field	H7704 →
לְבֹ֔עַז	le.Vo.'az	of Boaz	H1162 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
מִמִּשְׁפַּ֥חַת	mi.mish.Pa.chat	[was] from [the] clan of	H4940 →
אֱלִימֶֽלֶךְ׃	'e.li.Me.lekh	Elimelech	H458 →

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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 10:29
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
leads to
- Luke 12:6–7
  Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
- Psalms 104:27–30
  All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
Through
2 Thessalonians 3:12
We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:28
  He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11
  and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8
  nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
- Luke 11:3
  Give us each day our daily bread.
- Proverbs 17:1
  Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
Through
2 Kings 8:5
And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and…
leads to
- 2 Kings 4:35
  Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his…

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.

2 Thessalonians 3:12We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.1 Thessalonians 4:11–12and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.Luke 10:31Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.2 Kings 8:5And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”2 Samuel 1:6“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.Esther 6:1–2That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.Mark 11:13Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs.

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