7 The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 15:7. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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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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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲ֭כָמִים יְזָ֣רוּ דָ֑עַת וְלֵ֖ב כְּסִילִ֣ים לֹא־כֵֽן׃
שִׂפְתֵ֣י
חֲ֭כָמִים
יְזָ֣רוּ
דָ֑עַת
וְלֵ֖ב
כְּסִילִ֣ים
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.
Χείλη σοφῶν δέδεται αἰσθήσει, καρδίαι δὲ ἀφρόνων οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς.
Χείλη
- 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
- χεῖλος
- Transliteration
- cheile
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative plural
- Gloss
- lips
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Lip, edge, or shore.
- Occurrences
- 117
σοφῶν
- 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.
- Lemma
- σοφῶν
- Transliteration
- sophon
- 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
- 27
δέδεται
- 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.
- Lemma
- δέδεται
- Transliteration
- dedetai
- 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
- 2
αἰσθήσει
- 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.
- Lemma
- αἰσθήσει
- Transliteration
- aisthesei
- 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
- 3
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.
- Lemma
- καρδίαι
- 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
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
ἀφρόνων
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἀφρόνων
- Transliteration
- aphronon
- 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
- 25
οὐκ
- 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
- οὐ
- Transliteration
- ou
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Part of Speech
- particle
- Definition
- Negative particle before rough breathing.
- Occurrences
- 5892
ἀσφαλεῖς
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἀσφαλεῖς
- Transliteration
- asphaleis
- 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
- 2
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.
ܣ̈ܦܘܬܐ ܕܚ̈ܟܝܡܐ ܡܡ̈ܠܠܢ ܝܕܥܬܐ ܘܠܒ̈ܘܬܐ ܕܣ̈ܟܠܐ ܠܐ ܟܐ̈ܢܝܢ
ܣ̈ܦܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܣܦܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- spwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 11
ܕܚ̈ܟܝܡܐ
- 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
- ܕܚܟܝܡܐ
- Transliteration
- dhkym'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 22
ܡܡ̈ܠܠܢ
- 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
- ܡܡܠܠܢ
- Transliteration
- mmlln
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5
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.
- Lemma
- ܝܕܥܬܐ
- Transliteration
- yd't'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 38
ܘܠܒ̈ܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܘܠܒܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- wlbwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܕܣ̈ܟܠܐ
- 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
- ܕܣܟܠܐ
- Transliteration
- dskl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 29
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
ܟܐ̈ܢܝܢ
- 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
- ܟܐܢܝܢ
- Transliteration
- k'nyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 2
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.
שִׂפְוָתֵיהּ דְחַכִּימֵי מוֹדְעִין מַנְדְעָא וְלִבְּהוֹן דְסַכְלֵי לָא כֵן׃
שִׂפְוָתֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שפותיה
- Transliteration
- shpwtyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 15
דְחַכִּימֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חכימי
- Transliteration
- dchkymy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 25
מוֹדְעִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ודעין
- Transliteration
- mwd'yn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 2
מַנְדְעָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נדעא
- Transliteration
- mnd''
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 19
וְלִבְּהוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לבהון
- Transliteration
- wlbhwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 40
דְסַכְלֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- סכלי
- Transliteration
- dskly
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 14
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
כֵן׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- כן
- Transliteration
- kn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 422
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Labia sapientium disseminabunt scientiam; cor stultorum dissimile erit.
labia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- labium
- Transliteration
- labia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 109
sapientium
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sapiens
- Transliteration
- sapientium
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 208
disseminabunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dissemino
- Transliteration
- disseminabunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6
scientiam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- scientia
- Transliteration
- scientiam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 140
cor
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cor
- Transliteration
- cor
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1028
stultorum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- stulti
- Transliteration
- stultorum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 17
dissimile
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dissimilis
- Transliteration
- dissimile
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 5
erit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- erit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
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.
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 votesEphesians 4:29
Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.
4 relevance votesJames 3:6
And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.
3 relevance votesSong of Solomon 4:11
Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.
2 relevance votesPsalms 119:13
With my lips have I made clear all the decisions of your mouth.
2 relevance votesMark 16:15
And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.
2 relevance votesMatthew 10:27
What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.
2 relevance votesPsalms 37:30
The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.
2 relevance votesPsalms 45:2
You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.
2 relevance votes2 Timothy 2:2
And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.
1 relevance votes