Proverbs
Chapter 29
Verse 23
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Proverbs 29

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23 The pride of a man shall bring him lowe: but the humble in spirit shall enioy glory.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 29:23. 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 41
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.

גַּאֲוַ֣ת אָ֭דָם תַּשְׁפִּילֶ֑נּוּ וּשְׁפַל־ר֝֗וּחַ יִתְמֹ֥ךְ כָּבֽוֹד׃

7 word entries
גַּאֲוַ֣ת
Lemma
1346
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1346
Occurrences
12
אָ֭דָם
Lemma
120
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H120
Occurrences
338
תַּשְׁפִּילֶ֑נּוּ
Lemma
8213
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 3rd person feminine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8213
Occurrences
19
וּשְׁפַל
Lemma
c/8217
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + adjective
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8217
Occurrences
6
ר֝֗וּחַ
Lemma
7307
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7307
Occurrences
271
יִתְמֹ֥ךְ
Lemma
8551
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8551
Occurrences
16
כָּבֽוֹד
Lemma
3519
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3519
Occurrences
136
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.

Ὕβρις ἄνδρα ταπεινοῖ, τοὺς δὲ ταπεινόφρονας ἐρείδει δόξῃ Κύριος.

9 word entries
Ὕβρις
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
ybris
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ὕβρις
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
14
ἄνδρα
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
andra
Morphology
noun, masculine accusative singular
Gloss
man, husband
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Man, male, husband.
Occurrences
1573
ταπεινοῖ
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
tapeinoi
Morphology
nominative plural masculine 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
5
τοὺς
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
ταπεινόφρονας
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
tapeinophronas
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
1
ἐρείδει
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
ereidei
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
2
δόξῃ
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
doxa
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
glory, honor
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Glory, honor, reputation, or splendor.
Occurrences
402
Κύριος
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
kyrios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
Lord, master
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
Occurrences
7934
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.

ܪܡܘܬܗ ܕܒܪ ܐܢܫܐ ܬܡܟܟܝܘܗܝ ܘܡܟܝܟܘܬܗ ܬܣܓܐ ܠܗ ܐܝܩܪܐ

8 word entries
ܪܡܘܬܗ
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
rmwth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܕܒܪ
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
ܕܒܪ
Transliteration
dbr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
39
ܐܢܫܐ
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
'nsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
290
ܬܡܟܟܝܘܗܝ
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
tmkkywhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܘܡܟܝܟܘܬܗ
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
wmkykwth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܬܣܓܐ
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
tsg'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
8
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
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.
Transliteration
'yqr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
43
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.

רָמוּתָא דְבַר נָשָׁא תַּשְׁפְּלִנֵיהּ וּמַן דְמַכִּיכָא רוּחֵיהּ נִפְלֵג יְקָרָא׃

9 word entries
רָמוּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rmwt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
2
דְבַר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
דבר
Transliteration
dbr
Morphology
verbal root דבר
Gloss
led, took, brought
Occurrences
132
נָשָׁא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נשא
Transliteration
nsh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
118
תַּשְׁפְּלִנֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tshplnyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
וּמַן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ומן
Transliteration
wmn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
310
דְמַכִּיכָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dmkyk'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
רוּחֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rwchyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
21
נִפְלֵג
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nplg
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
יְקָרָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yqr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
111
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.

Superbum sequitur humilitas, et humilem spiritu suscipiet gloria.

8 word entries
superbum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
superbum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
63
sequitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sequor
Transliteration
sequitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
281
humilitas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
humilitas
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
35
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
humilem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
humilis
Transliteration
humilem
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
66
spiritu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
spiritu
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
709
suscipiet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
suscipiet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
184
gloria
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gloria
Transliteration
gloria
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
475

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 23:12

For whosoeuer will exalt himselfe, shall be brought lowe: and whosoeuer will humble himselfe, shalbe exalted.

201 relevance votes

Luke 14:11

For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shall be exalted.

158 relevance votes

Proverbs 11:2

When pride commeth, then commeth shame: but with the lowly is wisdome.

140 relevance votes

Isaiah 66:2

For all these things hath mine hand made, and all these things haue bene, sayth the Lord: and to him will I looke, euen to him, that is poore, and of a contrite spirite and trembleth at my wordes.

136 relevance votes

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise ye yonger, submit your selues vnto the elders, and submit your selues euery man, one to another: decke your selues inwardly in lowlinesse of minde: for God resisteth the proude, and giueth grace to the humble.

109 relevance votes

Proverbs 15:33

The feare of the Lord is the instruction of wisdome: and before honour, goeth humilitie.

103 relevance votes

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goeth before destruction, and an high minde before the fall.

94 relevance votes

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man departed to his house iustified, rather then the other: for euery man that exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shalbe exalted.

86 relevance votes

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of a man is hautie, and before glory goeth lowlines.

77 relevance votes

Matthew 18:4

Whosoeuer therefore shall humble himselfe as this litle childe, the same is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen.

66 relevance votes

Isaiah 57:15

For thus sayth he that is hie and excellent, he that inhabiteth the eternitie, whose Name is the Holy one, I dwell in the high and holy place: with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite to reuiue the spirite of the humble, and to giue life to them that are of a contrite heart.

64 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 8:16

Who fed thee in the wildernesse with MAN, which thy fathers knewe not) to humble thee, and and to proue thee, that he might doe thee good at thy latter ende.

58 relevance votes
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