Ruth 3:1 BSB — MannaFest

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12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֹּ֥אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
לָ֖הּ	lah	to <the> her
נָעֳמִ֣י	no.'o.Mi	Naomi	H5281 →
חֲמוֹתָ֑הּ	cha.mo.Tah	mother-in-law her	H2545 →
בִּתִּ֞י	bi.Ti	O daughter my	H1323 →
הֲלֹ֧א	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
אֲבַקֶּשׁ־	'a.va.kesh-	will I seek	H1245 →
לָ֛ךְ	lakh	for <the> you
מָנ֖וֹחַ	ma.No.ach	a resting place	H4494 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
יִֽיטַב־	yi.tav-	it will go well	H3190 →
לָֽךְ׃	Lakh	for <the> you

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
Psalms 128:2
For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
leads to
- Isaiah 3:10
  Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Isaiah 62:8
  The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which…
- Isaiah 65:21–23
  They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Ecclesiastes 5:18–19
  Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life…
- Deuteronomy 28:4
  The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
Through
1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
leads to
- Galatians 6:10
  Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
- 2 Corinthians 12:14
  See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save…
- Luke 11:11–13
  What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

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.

Ruth 1:9May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud 1 Timothy 5:8If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.1 Timothy 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.Psalms 128:2For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.Genesis 2:18The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”1 Corinthians 7:36However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.Jeremiah 22:15–16Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.Deuteronomy 4:40Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.Genesis 40:14But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.Ephesians 6:3“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.

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