Proverbs
Chapter 3
Verse 21
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Proverbs 3

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21 My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 3:21. 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 42
Editorial Notes 0
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Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.

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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.

בְּ֭נִי אַל־יָלֻ֣זוּ מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָ נְצֹ֥ר תֻּ֝שִׁיָּ֗ה וּמְזִמָּֽה׃

7 word entries
בְּ֭נִי
Lemma
1121 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1121
Occurrences
4020
אַל
Lemma
408
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H408
Occurrences
576
יָלֻ֣זוּ
Lemma
3868
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal jussive 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3868
Occurrences
3
מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָ
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender dual construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5869
Occurrences
12
נְצֹ֥ר
Lemma
5341
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperative 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5341
Occurrences
49
תֻּ֝שִׁיָּ֗ה
Lemma
8454
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8454
Occurrences
6
וּמְזִמָּֽה
Lemma
c/4209
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H4209
Occurrences
3
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.

Υἱὲ, μὴ παραῤῥυῇς, τήρησον δὲ ἐμὴν βουλὴν καὶ ἔννοιαν·

9 word entries
Υἱὲ
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
huios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
son
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Son, descendant, or member of a group.
Occurrences
4805
μὴ
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
μή
Transliteration
me
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not, lest
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle commonly used with non-indicative moods.
Occurrences
2979
παραῤῥυῇς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
parays
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
1
τήρησον
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
tereson
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative neuter singular 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
3
δὲ
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
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
ἐμὴν
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
emen
Morphology
accusative singular feminine 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
9
βουλὴν
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
boulen
Morphology
noun, feminine accusative singular
Gloss
counsel, plan
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Counsel, plan, purpose, or advice.
Occurrences
68
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
ἔννοιαν
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
ennoian
Morphology
aorist 3rd plural verb pattern or accusative feminine noun pattern depending on context
Gloss
they ... / ...
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
6
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.

ܒܪܝ ܠܐ ܢܙܠ ܒܥܝܢ̈ܝܟ ܠܡܛܪ ܝܘܠܦܢܝ ܘܬܪ̈ܥܝܬܝ

7 word entries
ܒܪܝ
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
ܒܪܝ
Transliteration
bry
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
87
ܠܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܠܐ
Transliteration
la
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
2566
ܢܙܠ
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
ܢܙܠ
Transliteration
nzl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܒܥܝܢ̈ܝܟ
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
b'ynyk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
46
ܠܡܛܪ
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
lmtr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
13
ܝܘܠܦܢܝ
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
ywlpny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܘܬܪ̈ܥܝܬܝ
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
wtr'yty
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
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.

בְּרִי לָא נִזַל בְּעֵינָךְ נְטַר מַדְעָא וְתַרְעִיתָא׃

7 word entries
בְּרִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ברי
Transliteration
bry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
95
לָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
לא
Transliteration
l'
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
2611
נִזַל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נזל
Transliteration
nzl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
בְּעֵינָךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
b'ynk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
93
נְטַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נטר
Transliteration
ntr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
55
מַדְעָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דעא
Transliteration
md''
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
3
וְתַרְעִיתָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wtr'yt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
13
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.

[Fili mi, ne effluant hæc ab oculis tuis. Custodi legem atque consilium,

12 word entries
fili
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
fili
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
mi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
mi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
ne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ne
Transliteration
ne
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1109
effluant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
effluo
Transliteration
effluant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
3
haec
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
haec
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
ab
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ab
Transliteration
ab
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3693
oculis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
oculus
Transliteration
oculis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
682
tuis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tuus
Transliteration
tuis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5615
custodi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
custos
Transliteration
custodi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
87
legem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lex
Transliteration
legem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
596
atque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
atque
Transliteration
atque
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
755
consilium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
consilium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
232

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.

Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

15 relevance votes

Proverbs 4:21

Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

8 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 4:9

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;

6 relevance votes

John 8:31

Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples;

5 relevance votes

1 John 2:27

And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.

5 relevance votes

1 John 2:24

As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 2:7

He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

3 relevance votes
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