Proverbs
Chapter 19
Verse 16
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Proverbs 19

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16 He that keepeth the commandement, keepeth his owne soule: but hee that despiseth his wayes, shall dye.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 19:16. 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 48
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.

שֹׁמֵ֣ר מִ֭צְוָה שֹׁמֵ֣ר נַפְשׁ֑וֹ בּוֹזֵ֖ה דְרָכָ֣יו יומת׃

8 word entries
שֹׁמֵ֣ר
Lemma
8104
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8104
Occurrences
281
מִ֭צְוָה
Lemma
4687
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4687
Occurrences
115
שֹׁמֵ֣ר
Lemma
8104
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8104
Occurrences
281
נַפְשׁ֑וֹ
Lemma
5315
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5315
Occurrences
576
בּוֹזֵ֖ה
Lemma
959
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H959
Occurrences
30
דְרָכָ֣יו
Lemma
1870
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1870
Occurrences
375
יומת
Lemma
4191
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hophal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H4191
Occurrences
462
יָמֽוּת
Lemma
4191
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H4191
Occurrences
462
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.

Ὃς φυλάσσει ἐντολὴν, τηρεῖ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν· ὁ δὲ καταφρονῶν τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδῶν, ἀπολεῖται.

14 word entries
Ὃς
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
ὅς
Transliteration
hos
Morphology
relative pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
who, which
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Definition
Relative pronoun who, which, that.
Occurrences
4123
φυλάσσει
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
phylassei
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
14
ἐντολὴν
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
entolen
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
21
τηρεῖ
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
terei
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
4
τὴν
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
ἑαυτοῦ
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
heautou
Morphology
reflexive pronoun, genitive masculine/neuter singular
Gloss
of himself, his own
Part of Speech
reflexive pronoun
Definition
Reflexive pronoun himself, herself, itself, themselves.
Occurrences
462
ψυχήν
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
psyche
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
soul, life
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Soul, life, self, or living being.
Occurrences
809
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
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
καταφρονῶν
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
kataphronon
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
2
τῶν
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
ἑαυτοῦ
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
heautou
Morphology
reflexive pronoun, genitive masculine/neuter singular
Gloss
of himself, his own
Part of Speech
reflexive pronoun
Definition
Reflexive pronoun himself, herself, itself, themselves.
Occurrences
462
ὁδῶν
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
odon
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
20
ἀπολεῖται
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
apoleitai
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
37
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.

ܕܢܛܪ ܦܘܩܕܢܐ ܡܙܕܗܪ ܒܢܦܫܗ ܘܕܫܐܛ ܐܘܪ̈ܚܬܗ ܢܬܩܛܠ

7 word entries
ܕܢܛܪ
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
dntr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
27
ܦܘܩܕܢܐ
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
pwqdn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
62
ܡܙܕܗܪ
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
mzdhr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܒܢܦܫܗ
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
bnpshh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
12
ܘܕܫܐܛ
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
wdsh't
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܐܘܪ̈ܚܬܗ
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
'wrhth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
55
ܢܬܩܛܠ
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
ntqtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
22
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.

דְנָטֵר פּוּקְדָנָא נָטֵר נַפְשֵׁיהּ וּדְמֵשִׁיט אוֹרְחָתֵיהּ יְמוּת׃

7 word entries
דְנָטֵר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נטר
Transliteration
dntr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
55
פּוּקְדָנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
pwqdn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
6
נָטֵר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נטר
Transliteration
ntr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
55
נַפְשֵׁיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
npshyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
106
וּדְמֵשִׁיט
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wdmshyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
אוֹרְחָתֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'wrchtyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
33
יְמוּת׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ymwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
58
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.

Qui custodit mandatum custodit animam suam; qui autem negligit viam suam mortificabitur.

12 word entries
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
custodit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
custodit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
358
mandatum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
mandatum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
242
custodit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
custodit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
358
animam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
anima
Transliteration
animam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
916
suam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
neglegit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
negligo
Transliteration
neglegit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
21
vias
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uia
Transliteration
vias
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
853
suas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suas
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
mortificabitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
mortificabitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
12

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 13:13

He that despiseth the worde, hee shall be destroyed: but hee that feareth the commandement he shalbe rewarded.

10 relevance votes

Luke 10:28

Then he said vnto him, Thou hast answered right: this doe, and thou shalt liue.

10 relevance votes

1 John 5:3

For this is the loue of God, that we keepe his commandements: and his commandements are not burdenous.

8 relevance votes

Luke 11:28

But hee saide, Yea, rather blessed are they that heare the woorde of God, and keepe it.

7 relevance votes

1 John 3:22

And whatsoeuer we aske we receiue of him, because we keepe his commandements, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.

5 relevance votes

Proverbs 16:17

The pathe of the righteous is to decline from euil, and hee keepeth his soule, that keepeth his way.

5 relevance votes

Ecclesiastes 8:5

He that keepeth the commandement, shall knowe none euill thing, and the heart of the wise shall knowe the time and iudgement.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 21:23

He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soule from afflictions.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 29:18

Where there is no vision, the people decay: but he that keepeth the Lawe, is blessed.

4 relevance votes

Matthew 16:26

For what shall it profite a man though he should winne the whole worlde, if hee lose his owne soule? or what shall a man giue for recompence of his soule?

4 relevance votes

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are they, that doe his commandements, that their right may be in the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the Citie.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 22:5

Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that regardeth his soule, will depart farre from them.

3 relevance votes
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