12 Before ruin a man's heart is exalted, and before honour it is humble.
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Proverbs 18
Brenton Septuagint Translation, Verse 12
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 18:12. 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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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
לִפְנֵי־שֶׁ֭בֶר יִגְבַּ֣הּ לֵב־אִ֑ישׁ וְלִפְנֵ֖י כָב֣וֹד עֲנָוָֽה׃
לִפְנֵי
שֶׁ֭בֶר
יִגְבַּ֣הּ
לֵב
אִ֑ישׁ
וְלִפְנֵ֖י
כָב֣וֹד
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.
Πρὸ συντριβῆς ὑψοῦται καρδία ἀνδρὸς, καὶ πρὸ δόξης ταπεινοῦνται.
Πρὸ
- 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
- πρό
- Transliteration
- pro
- Morphology
- preposition with genitive
- Gloss
- before
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition meaning before or in front of.
- Occurrences
- 241
συντριβῆς
- 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
- συντριβῆς
- Transliteration
- syntribes
- Morphology
- genitive singular feminine or nominative masculine 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
- 4
ὑψοῦται
- 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
- ὑψοῦται
- Transliteration
- ypsoytai
- 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
- 2
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.
- Lemma
- καρδία
- Transliteration
- kardia
- Morphology
- noun, feminine nominative singular
- Gloss
- heart
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Heart, inner life, mind, or will.
- Occurrences
- 867
ἀνδρὸς
- 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
- andros
- Morphology
- noun, masculine genitive singular
- Gloss
- of a man, husband
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Man, male, husband.
- Occurrences
- 1573
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
πρὸ
- 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
- πρό
- Transliteration
- pro
- Morphology
- preposition with genitive
- Gloss
- before
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition meaning before or in front of.
- Occurrences
- 241
δόξης
- 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
- δόξα
- Transliteration
- doxa
- Morphology
- noun, feminine nominative singular
- Gloss
- glory, honor
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Glory, honor, reputation, or splendor.
- Occurrences
- 402
ταπεινοῦνται
- 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
- ταπεινοῦνται
- Transliteration
- tapeinoyntai
- 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
- 1
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.
ܩܕܡ ܬܒܪܐ ܢܬܬܪܝܡ ܠܒܗ ܕܓܒܪܐ ܘܩܕܡ ܐܝܩܪܐ ܡܘܟܟܐ
ܩܕܡ
- 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
- ܩܕܡ
- Transliteration
- qdm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1019
ܬܒܪܐ
- 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
- ܬܒܪܐ
- Transliteration
- tbr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 24
ܢܬܬܪܝܡ
- 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
- ܢܬܬܪܝܡ
- Transliteration
- nttrym
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5
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
ܕܓܒܪܐ
- 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
- ܕܓܒܪܐ
- Transliteration
- dgbr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 109
ܘܩܕܡ
- 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
- ܘܩܕܡ
- Transliteration
- wqdm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 65
ܐܝܩܪܐ
- 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
- ܐܝܩܪܐ
- Transliteration
- 'yqr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 43
ܡܘܟܟܐ
- 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
- ܡܘܟܟܐ
- Transliteration
- mwkk'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 3
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.
קֳדָם תַּבְרָא יִתְרוֹרַם לִבֵּיהּ דְגַבְרָא וּקְדָם יְקָרָא עִנְוְתָנוּתָא׃
קֳדָם
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- קדם
- Transliteration
- qdm
- Morphology
- prepositional or nominal form
- Gloss
- before, in front of, east
- Occurrences
- 2023
תַּבְרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תברא
- Transliteration
- tbr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 28
יִתְרוֹרַם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יתרורם
- Transliteration
- ytrwrm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 2
לִבֵּיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ביה
- Transliteration
- lbyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 359
דְגַבְרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גברא
- Transliteration
- dgbr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 524
וּקְדָם
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- קדם
- Transliteration
- wqdm
- Morphology
- prefixed conjunction ו + prepositional or nominal form
- Gloss
- and before, in front of, east
- Occurrences
- 2023
יְקָרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יקרא
- Transliteration
- yqr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 111
עִנְוְתָנוּתָא׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ענותנותא
- Transliteration
- 'nwtnwt'
- 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.
Antequam conteratur, exaltatur cor hominis, et antequam glorificetur, humiliatur.
antequam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- antequam
- Transliteration
- antequam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 78
conteratur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- contero
- Transliteration
- conteratur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 173
exaltatur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- exalto
- Transliteration
- exaltatur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 162
cor
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cor
- Transliteration
- cor
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1028
hominis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- homo
- Transliteration
- hominis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1653
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
antequam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- antequam
- Transliteration
- antequam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 78
glorificetur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- glorifico
- Transliteration
- glorificetur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 78
humiliatur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- humilio
- Transliteration
- humiliatur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 132
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 15:33
The fear of the Lord is instruction and wisdom; and the highest honour will correspond therewith.
12 relevance votes1 Peter 5:5
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And thou, son of man, say to the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord; Because thine heart has been exalted, and thou hast said, I am God, I have inhabited the dwelling of God in the heart of the sea; yet thou art man and not God, though thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God:
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Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.
8 relevance votesProverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and folly before a fall.
8 relevance votesLuke 14:11
7 relevance votesProverbs 29:23
Pride brings a man low, but the Lord upholds the humble-minded with honour.
7 relevance votesEzekiel 28:9
Wilt thou indeed say, I am God, before them that slay thee? whereas thou art man, and not God.
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