12 A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 6:12. 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
37
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.
אָדָ֣ם בְּ֭לִיַּעַל אִ֣ישׁ אָ֑וֶן ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ עִקְּשׁ֥וּת פֶּֽה׃
7 word entries
אָדָ֣ם
בְּ֭לִיַּעַל
אִ֣ישׁ
אָ֑וֶן
ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ
עִקְּשׁ֥וּת
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.
Ἀνὴρ ἄφρων καὶ παράνομος πορεύεται ὁδοὺς οὐκ ἀγαθάς.
8 word entries
Ἀνὴρ
- 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
- ἀνήρ
- Transliteration
- aner
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- man, husband
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Man, male, husband.
- Occurrences
- 1573
ἄφρων
- 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
- ἄφρων
- Transliteration
- aphron
- Morphology
- adjective/substantive, nominative masculine/feminine singular
- Gloss
- foolish, fool
- Part of Speech
- adjective/substantive
- Definition
- Foolish, senseless, or a fool.
- Occurrences
- 50
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
παράνομος
- 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
- παράνομος
- Transliteration
- paranomos
- Morphology
- nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter singular 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
- 13
πορεύεται
- 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
- πορεύεται
- Transliteration
- poreyetai
- 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
- 26
ὁδοὺς
- 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
- ὁδός
- Transliteration
- hodous
- Morphology
- noun, feminine accusative plural
- Gloss
- ways, roads
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Way, road, path, journey, or manner of life.
- Occurrences
- 701
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
ἀγαθάς
- 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
- ἀγαθάς
- Transliteration
- agathas
- Morphology
- accusative plural feminine or genitive 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
- 7
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.
ܒܪ ܐܢܫܐ̈ ܣܟܠܐ ܓܒܪܐ ܥܘܠܐ ܡܗܠܟ ܒܥܫܝܩܘܬܐ
7 word entries
ܒܪ
- 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
- ܒܪ
- Transliteration
- bar
- Morphology
- noun, masculine construct singular
- Gloss
- son
- Occurrences
- 1284
ܐܢܫܐ̈
- 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
- ܐܢܫܐ
- Transliteration
- 'nsh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 290
ܣܟܠܐ
- 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
- ܣܟܠܐ
- Transliteration
- skl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 46
ܓܒܪܐ
- 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
- ܓܒܪܐ
- Transliteration
- gbr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 622
ܥܘܠܐ
- 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
- ܥܘܠܐ
- Transliteration
- 'wl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 232
ܡܗܠܟ
- 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
- ܡܗܠܟ
- Transliteration
- mhlk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 26
ܒܥܫܝܩܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܒܥܫܝܩܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- b'shyqwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 1
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.
בַּר נָשׁ טָלוֹמָא גַבְרָא עַוְלָא מְהַלֵךְ בַּעֲקִימוּת פּוּמֵיהּ׃
8 word entries
בַּר
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- בר
- Transliteration
- br
- Morphology
- noun masculine singular
- Gloss
- son
- Occurrences
- 2734
נָשׁ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נש
- Transliteration
- nsh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 72
טָלוֹמָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- טלומא
- Transliteration
- tlwm'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 9
גַבְרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גברא
- Transliteration
- gbr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 524
עַוְלָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עולא
- Transliteration
- 'wl'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 11
מְהַלֵךְ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הלך
- Transliteration
- mhlk
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 16
בַּעֲקִימוּת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עקימות
- Transliteration
- b'qymwt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 1
פּוּמֵיהּ׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- פומיה
- Transliteration
- pwmyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 77
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.
[Homo apostata, vir inutilis, graditur ore perverso;
7 word entries
homo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- homo
- Transliteration
- homo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1653
apostata
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- aposto
- Transliteration
- apostata
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 4
vir
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uir
- Transliteration
- vir
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1641
inutilis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- inutilis
- Transliteration
- inutilis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 29
graditur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- gradior
- Transliteration
- graditur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 49
ore
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- os
- Transliteration
- ore
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 657
perverso
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- peruersus
- Transliteration
- perverso
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 27
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.
7 relevance votesProverbs 4:24
Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.
6 relevance votesProverbs 16:27
A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.
6 relevance votes1 Timothy 5:13
And they get into the way of doing no work, going about from house to house; and not only doing no work, but talking foolishly, being over-interested in the business of others, saying things which they have no right to say.
6 relevance votesPsalms 59:7
See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?
4 relevance votesActs 20:30
And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.
3 relevance votesProverbs 17:4
A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.
3 relevance votesProverbs 8:13
The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.
3 relevance votesProverbs 6:14
His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.
2 relevance votesPsalms 36:3
In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.
2 relevance votesPsalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.
2 relevance votesProverbs 2:12
Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;
2 relevance votes