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Chapter 16
Verse 23
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Proverbs 16

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

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 16:23. 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 47
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 חָ֭כָם יַשְׂכִּ֣יל פִּ֑יהוּ וְעַל־שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו יֹסִ֥יף לֶֽקַח׃

8 word entries
לֵ֣ב
Lemma
3820 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3820
Occurrences
463
חָ֭כָם
Lemma
2450
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2450
Occurrences
104
יַשְׂכִּ֣יל
Lemma
7919 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7919
Occurrences
40
פִּ֑יהוּ
Lemma
6310
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6310
Occurrences
266
וְעַל
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
543
שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו
Lemma
8193
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine dual construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8193
Occurrences
144
יֹסִ֥יף
Lemma
3254
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3254
Occurrences
132
לֶֽקַח
Lemma
3948
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3948
Occurrences
9
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 σοφοῦ νοήσει τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἰδίου στόματος, ἐπὶ δὲ χείλεσι φορέσει ἐπιγνωμοσύνην·

13 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
σοφοῦ
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
sophoy
Morphology
genitive singular masculine/neuter 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
14
νοήσει
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
noesei
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
5
τὰ
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
ἀπὸ
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
ἀπό
Transliteration
apo
Morphology
preposition with genitive
Gloss
from, away from
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of ἀπό.
Occurrences
3869
τοῦ
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
ἰδίου
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
idioy
Morphology
genitive singular masculine/neuter 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
5
στόματος
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
ἐπὶ
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
ἐπί
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, over, against
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of the preposition ἐπί.
Occurrences
6685
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
χείλεσι
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
cheilesi
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
9
φορέσει
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
phoresei
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
ἐπιγνωμοσύνην
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
epignomosynen
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
1
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 ܚܟܝܡܐ ܝܕܥ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܦܘܡܗ ܘܥܠ ܣ̈ܦܘܬܗ ܡܘܣܦ ܝܘܠܦܢܐ

9 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
ܚܟܝܡܐ
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
hkym'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
64
ܝܕܥ
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
ܝܕܥ
Transliteration
yd'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
215
ܡܐܡܪܐ
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
m'mr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
7
ܕܦܘܡܗ
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
dpwmh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
17
ܘܥܠ
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
ܘܥܠ
Transliteration
w'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
687
ܣ̈ܦܘܬܗ
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
spwth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
22
ܡܘܣܦ
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
mwsp
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
16
ܝܘܠܦܢܐ
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
ywlpn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
7
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 דְחַכִּימָא מִסְתַּכַּל פּוּמֵיהּ וּבְשִׂפְוָתוֹהִי מוֹסִיף אוּלְפָנָא׃

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
דְחַכִּימָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dchkym'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
44
מִסְתַּכַּל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mstkl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
11
פּוּמֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
pwmyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
77
וּבְשִׂפְוָתוֹהִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wbshpwtwhy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
מוֹסִיף
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mwsyp
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
9
אוּלְפָנָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'wlpn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
24
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 erudiet os ejus, et labiis ejus addet gratiam.

10 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
erudiet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
erudio
Transliteration
erudiet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
56
os
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
os
Transliteration
os
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
657
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
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
labiis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
labium
Transliteration
labiis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
109
illius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
addet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
addo
Transliteration
addet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
117
gratiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gratia
Transliteration
gratiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
364

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 15:28

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

9 relevance votes

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 45:1

My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

1 relevance votes
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