Proverbs
Chapter 15
Verse 28
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Proverbs 15

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28 The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 15:28. 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 55
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 צַ֭דִּיק יֶהְגֶּ֣ה לַעֲנ֑וֹת וּפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים יַבִּ֥יעַ רָעֽוֹת׃

8 word entries
לֵ֣ב
Lemma
3820 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3820
Occurrences
463
צַ֭דִּיק
Lemma
6662
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6662
Occurrences
160
יֶהְגֶּ֣ה
Lemma
1897
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1897
Occurrences
21
לַעֲנ֑וֹת
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6030
Occurrences
4
וּפִ֥י
Lemma
c/6310
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6310
Occurrences
21
רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים
Lemma
7563
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7563
Occurrences
201
יַבִּ֥יעַ
Lemma
5042
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5042
Occurrences
11
רָעֽוֹת
Lemma
7451 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine plural absolute
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7451
Occurrences
117
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.

Καρδίαι δικαίων μελετῶσι πίστεις, στόμα δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἀποκρίνεται κακά· δεκταὶ παρὰ Κυρίῳ ὁδοὶ ἀνθρώπων δικαίων, διὰ δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ἐχθροὶ φίλοι γίνονται.

23 word entries
Καρδίαι
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
kardiai
Morphology
nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
11
δικαίων
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
dikaios
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
righteous, just
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Righteous, just, upright.
Occurrences
227
μελετῶσι
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
meletosi
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
1
πίστεις
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
pisteis
Morphology
Greek -εις form; likely verb 2nd singular or plural noun/adjective depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
5
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
ἀσεβῶν
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
asebon
Morphology
adjective/substantive, genitive plural
Gloss
of the ungodly
Part of Speech
adjective/substantive
Definition
Ungodly, impious, wicked.
Occurrences
143
ἀποκρίνεται
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
apokrinetai
Morphology
verb, present/future middle-passive form, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
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
δεκταὶ
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
dektai
Morphology
nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
παρὰ
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
para
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
from, beside, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided form of παρά.
Occurrences
776
Κυρίῳ
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
kyrios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
Lord, master
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
Occurrences
7934
ὁδοὶ
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
odoi
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ὁδοὶ
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
32
ἀνθρώπων
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
anthropos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
human, man
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Human being, person, man.
Occurrences
1305
δικαίων
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
dikaios
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
righteous, just
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Righteous, just, upright.
Occurrences
227
διὰ
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
διά
Transliteration
dia
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
through, because of
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided form of διά.
Occurrences
881
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
αὐτῶν
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
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
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
οἱ
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ἐχθροὶ
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
echthroi
Morphology
nominative plural masculine 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
29
φίλοι
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
philoi
Morphology
nominative plural masculine 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
30
γίνονται
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
ginontai
Morphology
verb, present/future middle-passive form, 3rd plural
Gloss
they ...
Part of Speech
verb
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.

ܠܒܗ ܕܙܕܝܩܐ ܪܢܐ ܒܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ ܘܦܘܡܐ ܕܥܘ̈ܠܐ ܡܡܠܠ ܒܝܫ̈ܬܐ

8 word entries
ܠܒܗ
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
ܠܒܗ
Transliteration
lbh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
91
ܕܙܕܝܩܐ
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
dzdyq'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
69
ܪܢܐ
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
ܪܢܐ
Transliteration
rn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
9
ܒܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ
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
bhymnwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
16
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 דְצַדִיקָא רָנֵן בְּהֵימָנוּתָא וּפוּמְהוֹן דְרַשִׁיעֵי מַבִּיעַ בִּשְׁתָּא׃

8 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
דְצַדִיקָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dtsdyq'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
74
רָנֵן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
רנן
Transliteration
rnn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
6
בְּהֵימָנוּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bhymnwt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
28
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
דְרַשִׁיעֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
drshy'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
98
מַבִּיעַ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ביע
Transliteration
mby'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
17
בִּשְׁתָּא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שתא
Transliteration
bsht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
126
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.

Mens justi meditatur obedientiam; os impiorum redundat malis.

8 word entries
mens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mens
Transliteration
mens
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
80
iusti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iustus
Transliteration
iusti
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
427
meditatur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
meditor
Transliteration
meditatur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
34
oboedientiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
oboedientiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
13
os
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
os
Transliteration
os
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
657
impiorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
impius
Transliteration
impiorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
267
redundat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
redundo
Transliteration
redundat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
12
malis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
malum
Transliteration
malis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
129

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.

1 Peter 3:15

But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;

11 relevance votes

Proverbs 29:11

A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

8 relevance votes

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth — so let not the number of your words be great.

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

7 relevance votes

Proverbs 15:2

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

6 relevance votes

Proverbs 10:19

Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.

5 relevance votes

Matthew 12:34

You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.

5 relevance votes

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.

5 relevance votes

Proverbs 29:20

Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.

5 relevance votes

Proverbs 13:16

A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

4 relevance votes

2 Peter 2:18

For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;

2 relevance votes
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