23 Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 23:23. 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.
אֱמֶ֣ת קְ֭נֵה וְאַל־תִּמְכֹּ֑ר חָכְמָ֖ה וּמוּסָ֣ר וּבִינָֽה׃
אֱמֶ֣ת
קְ֭נֵה
וְאַל
תִּמְכֹּ֑ר
חָכְמָ֖ה
וּמוּסָ֣ר
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.
ܩܘܫܬܐ ܩܢܝ ܘܠܐ ܬܙܒܢ ܚܟܡܬܐ ܘܡܪܕܘܬܐ ܘܣܘܟܠܐ
ܩܘܫܬܐ
- 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
- ܩܘܫܬܐ
- Transliteration
- qwsht'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 18
ܩܢܝ
- 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
- ܩܢܝ
- Transliteration
- qny
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 7
ܘܠܐ
- 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
- ܘܠܐ
- Transliteration
- wl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1993
ܬܙܒܢ
- 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
- ܬܙܒܢ
- Transliteration
- tzbn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2
ܚܟܡܬܐ
- 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
- ܚܟܡܬܐ
- Transliteration
- hkmt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 113
ܘܡܪܕܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܘܡܪܕܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- wmrdwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 10
ܘܣܘܟܠܐ
- 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
- ܘܣܘܟܠܐ
- Transliteration
- wswkl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 11
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.
קוּשְׁטָא קְנֵי וְלָא תְזַבֵּין חָכְמְתָא וּמַרְדוּתָא וּבְיוּנָא׃
קוּשְׁטָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קושטא
- Transliteration
- qwsht'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 81
קְנֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קני
- Transliteration
- qny
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 21
וְלָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ולא
- Transliteration
- wl'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 1587
תְזַבֵּין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תזבין
- Transliteration
- tzbyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 1
חָכְמְתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חכמתא
- Transliteration
- chkmt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 56
וּמַרְדוּתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מרדותא
- Transliteration
- wmrdwt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 10
וּבְיוּנָא׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ביונא
- Transliteration
- wbywn'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 6
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Veritatem eme, et noli vendere sapientiam, et doctrinam, et intelligentiam.
veritatem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ueritas
- Transliteration
- veritatem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 269
eme
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- emo
- Transliteration
- eme
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 98
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
noli
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nolo
- Transliteration
- noli
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 620
vendere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uendo
- Transliteration
- vendere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 118
sapientiam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sapientia
- Transliteration
- sapientiam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 345
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
doctrinam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- doctrina
- 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
intellegentiam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- intelligentia
- Transliteration
- intellegentiam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 22
Coverage: Source-structure exceptions
Explains reader references where the imported tradition does not align one-to-one.
Editorial alignment note: The Greek Septuagint tradition often follows different ordering, grouping, or book structure here. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding." This panel is a study bridge only, not a replacement for an ancient source witness.
Source verse imported. Word-by-word lemma, morphology, gloss, and lexicon entries have not been attached for this language/source yet.
These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.
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Greek LXX
alternate structure
This Greek source uses tradition-specific ordering or verse grouping here. The closest one-to-one panel is not currently attached for this exact reference.
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 18:15
The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.
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The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver. JOD
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17 relevance votesIsaiah 55:1
Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price.
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A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
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For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.
13 relevance votesMatthew 16:26
For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
13 relevance votesRevelation 3:18
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12 relevance votesMatthew 13:46
And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.
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