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Proverbs 9

King James Version, Verse 8

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8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Original Language

Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 9:8. 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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Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.

When a verse uses different numbering in a source tradition, Spirit Nation may show the closest mapped source reference and label it directly on the panel.

Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

אַל־תּ֣וֹכַח לֵ֭ץ פֶּן־יִשְׂנָאֶ֑ךָּ הוֹכַ֥ח לְ֝חָכָ֗ם וְיֶאֱהָבֶֽךָּ׃

8 word entries
אַל
Lemma
408
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H408
Occurrences
576
תּ֣וֹכַח
Lemma
3198
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil jussive 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3198
Occurrences
34
לֵ֭ץ
Lemma
3887
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3887
Occurrences
19
פֶּן
Lemma
6435
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6435
Occurrences
128
יִשְׂנָאֶ֑ךָּ
Lemma
8130
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8130
Occurrences
107
הוֹכַ֥ח
Lemma
3198
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperative 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3198
Occurrences
34
לְ֝חָכָ֗ם
Lemma
l/2450
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + adjective
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H2450
Occurrences
12
וְיֶאֱהָבֶֽךָּ
Lemma
c/157
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H157
Occurrences
37
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.

Μὴ ἔλεγχε κακοὺς, ἵνα μὴ μισήσωσί σε· ἔλεγχε σοφὸν, καὶ ἀγαπήσει σε.

12 word entries
Μὴ
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
μή
Transliteration
me
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not, lest
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle commonly used with non-indicative moods.
Occurrences
2979
ἔλεγχε
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
elegche
Morphology
vocative singular, imperative, or 3rd singular verb ending depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
κακοὺς
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
kakoys
Morphology
accusative plural masculine or genitive singular neuter 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
ἵνα
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
ἵνα
Transliteration
hina
Morphology
subordinating conjunction
Gloss
so that, in order that
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Purpose/result conjunction.
Occurrences
423
μὴ
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
μή
Transliteration
me
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not, lest
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle commonly used with non-indicative moods.
Occurrences
2979
μισήσωσί
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
misesosi
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
1
σε
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
σύ
Transliteration
sy
Morphology
pronoun, nominative second-person singular
Gloss
you
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Second-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
12950
ἔλεγχε
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
elegche
Morphology
vocative singular, imperative, or 3rd singular verb ending depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
σοφὸν
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
sophon
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
9
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
ἀγαπήσει
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
agapesei
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
9
σε
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
σύ
Transliteration
sy
Morphology
pronoun, nominative second-person singular
Gloss
you
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Second-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
12950
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.

ܠܐ ܬܟܣ ܠܒܝܫܐ ܕܠܐ ܢܣܢܝܟ ܐܠܐ ܐܟܣ ܠܚܟܝܡܐ ܕܢܪܚܡܟ

9 word entries
ܠܐ
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
ܠܐ
Transliteration
la
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
2566
ܬܟܣ
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
ܬܟܣ
Transliteration
tks
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܠܒܝܫܐ
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
lbysh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
20
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
ܢܣܢܝܟ
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
nsnyk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܐܠܐ
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
ܐܠܐ
Transliteration
'l'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
564
ܐܟܣ
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
ܐܟܣ
Transliteration
'ks
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܠܚܟܝܡܐ
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
lhkym'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
13
ܕܢܪܚܡܟ
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
dnrhmk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
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.

לָא תְכוּס לִמְמִקְנָא דְלָא נִסְנְיָךְ אֲכֵיס לְחַכִּימָא דְנִרְחֲמָךְ׃

8 word entries
לָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
לא
Transliteration
l'
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
2611
תְכוּס
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tkws
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
לִמְמִקְנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmmqn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
4
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
נִסְנְיָךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nsnyk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
אֲכֵיס
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'kys
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
לְחַכִּימָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lchkym'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
44
דְנִרְחֲמָךְ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dnrchmk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
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.

Noli arguere derisorem, ne oderit te: argue sapientem, et diliget te.

11 word entries
noli
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nolo
Transliteration
noli
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
620
arguere
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
arguo
Transliteration
arguere
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
69
derisorem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
derisor
Transliteration
derisorem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5
ne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ne
Transliteration
ne
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1109
oderit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
odi
Transliteration
oderit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
150
te
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
te
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602
argue
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
arguo
Transliteration
argue
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
69
sapientem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sapiens
Transliteration
sapientem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
208
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
diliget
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
diligo
Transliteration
diliget
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
338
te
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
te
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602

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 13:18

Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

16 relevance votes

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Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

16 relevance votes

Proverbs 23:9

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

14 relevance votes

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A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

12 relevance votes

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¶ Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

10 relevance votes

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He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

10 relevance votes

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He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

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¶ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

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Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

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1 Kings 1:23

And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

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1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD : but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

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1 Kings 1:32

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