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Chapter 21
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Proverbs 21

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21 He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 21:21. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 40
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

רֹ֭דֵף צְדָקָ֣ה וָחָ֑סֶד יִמְצָ֥א חַ֝יִּ֗ים צְדָקָ֥ה וְכָבֽוֹד׃

7 word entries
רֹ֭דֵף
Lemma
7291
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7291
Occurrences
73
צְדָקָ֣ה
Lemma
6666
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6666
Occurrences
69
וָחָ֑סֶד
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H2617
Occurrences
19
יִמְצָ֥א
Lemma
4672
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H4672
Occurrences
305
חַ֝יִּ֗ים
Lemma
2416 e
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2416
Occurrences
100
צְדָקָ֥ה
Lemma
6666
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6666
Occurrences
69
וְכָבֽוֹד
Lemma
c/3519
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3519
Occurrences
34
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Ὁδὸς δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἐλεημοσύνης εὑρήσει ζωὴν καὶ δόξαν.

8 word entries
Ὁδὸς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
hodos
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
way, road
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Way, road, path, journey, or manner of life.
Occurrences
701
δικαιοσύνης
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
dikaiosyne
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
righteousness, justice
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Righteousness, justice, uprightness.
Occurrences
284
καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
ἐλεημοσύνης
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
eleemosynes
Morphology
genitive singular feminine or nominative masculine pattern
Gloss
of ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/pronoun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
εὑρήσει
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
eyresei
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
20
ζωὴν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ζωή
Transliteration
zoen
Morphology
noun, feminine accusative singular
Gloss
life
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Life, living existence.
Occurrences
182
καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
δόξαν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
doxa
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
glory, honor
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Glory, honor, reputation, or splendor.
Occurrences
402
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܕܒܥܐ ܙܕܝܩܘܬܐ ܘܛܝܒܘܬܐ ܡܫܟܚ ܚܝ̈ܐ ܘܙܕܝܩܘܬܐ ܘܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ

7 word entries
ܕܒܥܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
db''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
13
ܙܕܝܩܘܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
zdyqwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
52
ܘܛܝܒܘܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wtybwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
11
ܡܫܟܚ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
mshkh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
130
ܚܝ̈ܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܚܝܐ
Transliteration
hy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
92
ܘܙܕܝܩܘܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wzdyqwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
35
ܘܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wtshbwht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
15
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

דְרָדֵף צִדְקְתָא וְחֶסְדָא יַשְׁכַּח חַיֵי וְצִדְקְתָא וִיקָרָא׃

7 word entries
דְרָדֵף
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
רדף
Transliteration
drdp
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
18
צִדְקְתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tsdqt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
64
וְחֶסְדָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wchsd'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
49
יַשְׁכַּח
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yshkch
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
10
חַיֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חיי
Transliteration
chyy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
111
וְצִדְקְתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wtsdqt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
64
וִיקָרָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wyqr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
111
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Qui sequitur justitiam et misericordiam inveniet vitam, justitiam, et gloriam.

11 word entries
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
sequitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sequor
Transliteration
sequitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
281
iustitiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
iustitiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
380
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
misericordiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
misericordiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
362
inveniet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inuenio
Transliteration
inveniet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
682
vitam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uita
Transliteration
vitam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
437
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
iustitiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
iustitiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
380
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
gloriam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gloria
Transliteration
gloriam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
475

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

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Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

43 relevance votes

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Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

21 relevance votes

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The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Is riches, and honor, and life.

20 relevance votes

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Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

12 relevance votes

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But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

12 relevance votes

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The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

12 relevance votes

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But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

11 relevance votes

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Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.

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1 Peter 1:7

that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

9 relevance votes

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.

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Hosea 6:3

And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

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