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Verse 14
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Proverbs 15

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14 The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 15:14. 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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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

לֵ֣ב נָ֭בוֹן יְבַקֶּשׁ־דָּ֑עַת ופני כְ֝סִילִ֗ים יִרְעֶ֥ה אִוֶּֽלֶת׃

9 word entries
לֵ֣ב
Lemma
3820 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3820
Occurrences
463
נָ֭בוֹן
Lemma
995
Morphology
Hebrew: verb niphal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H995
Occurrences
122
יְבַקֶּשׁ
Lemma
1245
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1245
Occurrences
141
דָּ֑עַת
Lemma
1847
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1847
Occurrences
52
ופני
Lemma
c/6440
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common both gender plural construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6440
Occurrences
35
וּפִ֥י
Lemma
c/6310
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6310
Occurrences
21
כְ֝סִילִ֗ים
Lemma
3684
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H3684
Occurrences
43
יִרְעֶ֥ה
Lemma
7462 b
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7462
Occurrences
91
אִוֶּֽלֶת
Lemma
200
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H200
Occurrences
18
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.

Καρδία ὀρθὴ ζητεῖ αἴσθησιν, στόμα δὲ ἀπαιδεύτων γνώσεται κακά.

9 word entries
Καρδία
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
kardia
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
heart
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Heart, inner life, mind, or will.
Occurrences
867
ὀρθὴ
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
orthe
Morphology
verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
was ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
ζητεῖ
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
zetei
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
21
αἴσθησιν
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
aisthesin
Morphology
dative plural noun pattern or 3rd plural verb ending depending on context
Gloss
to/for ... / they ...
Part of Speech
noun/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
9
στόμα
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
stoma
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
mouth
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Mouth, opening, or speech.
Occurrences
384
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
ἀπαιδεύτων
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
apaideyton
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
γνώσεται
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
gnosetai
Morphology
verb, future middle indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it will ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
15
κακά
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
kaka
Morphology
adjective/substantive, neuter nominative/accusative plural
Gloss
evil things, troubles
Part of Speech
adjective/substantive
Definition
Bad, evil, harmful, or wicked.
Occurrences
242
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.

ܠܒܐ ܕܟܐ̈ܢܐ ܒܥܐ ܝܕܥܬܐ ܘܦܘܡܐ ܕܥܘ̈ܠܐ ܡܡܠܠ ܒܝܫ̈ܬܐ

8 word entries
ܠܒܐ
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
ܠܒܐ
Transliteration
lb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
95
ܕܟܐ̈ܢܐ
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
dk'n'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
4
ܒܥܐ
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
ܒܥܐ
Transliteration
b''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
48
ܝܕܥܬܐ
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
yd't'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
38
ܘܦܘܡܐ
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
wpwm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
ܕܥܘ̈ܠܐ
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
d'wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
116
ܡܡܠܠ
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
mmll
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
55
ܒܝܫ̈ܬܐ
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
bysht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
352
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.

לִבָּא דְמִתְבַּיֵן בָּעֵי יְדִיעֲתָא וּפוּמְהוֹן דְסַכְלֵי שַׁטְיוּתָא׃

7 word entries
לִבָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לבא
Transliteration
lb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
168
דְמִתְבַּיֵן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dmtbyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
12
בָּעֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בעי
Transliteration
b'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
52
יְדִיעֲתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ydy't'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
32
וּפוּמְהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wpwmhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
53
דְסַכְלֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dskly
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
14
שַׁטְיוּתָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shtywt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
15
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.

Cor sapientis quærit doctrinam, et os stultorum pascitur imperitia.

9 word entries
cor
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cor
Transliteration
cor
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1028
sapientis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sapiens
Transliteration
sapientis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
208
quaerit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quaero
Transliteration
quaerit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
420
doctrinam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
doctrinam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
113
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
os
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
os
Transliteration
os
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
657
stultorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
stulti
Transliteration
stultorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
17
pascetur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pasco
Transliteration
pascetur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
90
inperitia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
inperitia
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2

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.

Proverbs 9:9

Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

7 relevance votes

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

6 relevance votes

Isaiah 30:10

Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

6 relevance votes

2 Peter 3:18

But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.

5 relevance votes

Acts 17:11

Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 1:5

(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

3 relevance votes

Psalms 119:100

I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 119:97

O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.

2 relevance votes

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.

2 relevance votes

Isaiah 44:20

As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 12:23

A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

1 relevance votes
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