Proverbs
Chapter 21
Verse 25
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Proverbs 21

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25 The desire of the slouthfull slayeth him: for his hands refuse to worke.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 21:25. 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 46
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.

תַּאֲוַ֣ת עָצֵ֣ל תְּמִיתֶ֑נּוּ כִּֽי־מֵאֲנ֖וּ יָדָ֣יו לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃

7 word entries
תַּאֲוַ֣ת
Lemma
8378
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8378
Occurrences
17
עָצֵ֣ל
Lemma
6102
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6102
Occurrences
12
תְּמִיתֶ֑נּוּ
Lemma
4191
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 3rd person feminine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H4191
Occurrences
462
כִּֽי
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
מֵאֲנ֖וּ
Lemma
3985
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3985
Occurrences
26
יָדָ֣יו
Lemma
3027
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender dual construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3027
Occurrences
747
לַעֲשֽׂוֹת
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6213
Occurrences
243
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.

Ἐπιθυμίαι ὀκνηρὸν ἀποκτείνουσιν, οὐ γὰρ προαιροῦνται αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ποιεῖν τι.

11 word entries
Ἐπιθυμίαι
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
epithymiai
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
3
ὀκνηρὸν
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
okneron
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative 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
1
ἀποκτείνουσιν
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
apokteinoysin
Morphology
verb, present/future active indicative, 3rd plural
Gloss
they ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
οὐ
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
γὰρ
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
γάρ
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
postpositive explanatory conjunction
Gloss
for, because
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Explanatory or causal conjunction.
Occurrences
1390
προαιροῦνται
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
proairoyntai
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
αἱ
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
χεῖρες
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
cheir
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
hand
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Hand or power.
Occurrences
1718
αὐτοῦ
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
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
ποιεῖν
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
poiein
Morphology
present active infinitive
Gloss
to make, to do
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To make, do, perform, or produce.
Strong's
G4160
Occurrences
2253
τι
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
τις
Transliteration
tis
Morphology
pronoun, nominative singular
Gloss
someone, anyone, who?
Part of Speech
indefinite/interrogative pronoun
Definition
Indefinite or interrogative pronoun depending on accent/context.
Occurrences
190
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.

ܪܓܬܗ ܕܚܒܢܢܐ ܩܛܠܐ ܠܗ ܡܛܠ ܕܠܐ ܨܒܐ ܕܢܥܒ̈ܕܢ ܐ̈ܝܕܘܗܝ ܥ̇ܒܕܐ

10 word entries
ܪܓܬܗ
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
rgth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5
ܕܚܒܢܢܐ
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
dhbnn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
3
ܩܛܠܐ
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
qtl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
10
ܠܗ
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
ܠܗ
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
2252
ܡܛܠ
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
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2606
ܕܠܐ
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
ܕܠܐ
Transliteration
dl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1157
ܨܒܐ
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
ܨܒܐ
Transliteration
sb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
93
ܕܢܥܒ̈ܕܢ
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
dn'bdn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܐ̈ܝܕܘܗܝ
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
'ydwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
73
ܥ̇ܒܕܐ
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
'bd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
209
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.

רִגְתָא דְעַטְלָא מְמִיתָא לֵיהּ דְלָא צָבְיָן אַיְדִין דְעָבְדִין עֲבִדְתָּא׃

9 word entries
רִגְתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rgt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
6
דְעַטְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
d'tl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
13
מְמִיתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mmyt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
8
לֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ליה
Transliteration
lyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1154
דְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דלא
Transliteration
dl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
607
צָבְיָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tsbyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
6
אַיְדִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'ydyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
15
דְעָבְדִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
d'bdyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
117
עֲבִדְתָּא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'bdt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
56
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.

Desideria occidunt pigrum: noluerunt enim quidquam manus ejus operari.

9 word entries
desideria
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
desideria
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
60
occidunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
occido
Transliteration
occidunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
370
pigrum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
piger
Transliteration
pigrum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
23
noluerunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nolo
Transliteration
noluerunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
620
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
quicquam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
quicquam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
177
manus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
manus
Transliteration
manus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1822
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
operari
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
operor
Transliteration
operari
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
234

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 13:4

The sluggard lusteth, but his soule hath nought: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie.

7 relevance votes

Matthew 25:26

And his master answered, and said vnto him, Thou euill seruant, and slouthfull, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not.

6 relevance votes

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall beare rule: but the idle shalbe vnder tribute.

5 relevance votes

Proverbs 19:24

The slouthfull hideth his hand in his bosome, and wil not put it to his mouth againe.

5 relevance votes

Proverbs 12:27

The deceitfull man rosteth not, that hee tooke in hunting: but the riches of the diligent man are precious.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 15:19

The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes: but the way of the righteous is plaine.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his owne conceite, then seuen men that can render a reason.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 20:4

The slouthfull will not plowe, because of winter: therefore shall he beg in sommer, but haue nothing.

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 26:13

The slouthfull man sayth, A lyon is in the way: a lyon is in the streetes.

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 22:13

The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.

2 relevance votes
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