20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 19:20. 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.
שְׁמַ֣ע עֵ֭צָה וְקַבֵּ֣ל מוּסָ֑ר לְ֝מַ֗עַן תֶּחְכַּ֥ם בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ׃
שְׁמַ֣ע
עֵ֭צָה
וְקַבֵּ֣ל
מוּסָ֑ר
לְ֝מַ֗עַן
תֶּחְכַּ֥ם
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.
Ἄκουε, υἱὲ, παιδείαν πατρός σου, ἵνα σοφὸς γένῃ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων σου.
Ἄκουε
- 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
- ἀκούω
- Transliteration
- akoue
- Morphology
- verb, present active imperative, 2nd singular
- Gloss
- hear, listen
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To hear, listen, or obey.
- Occurrences
- 438
υἱὲ
- 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
- υἱός
- Transliteration
- huios
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- son
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Son, descendant, or member of a group.
- Occurrences
- 4805
παιδείαν
- 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
- παιδεία
- Transliteration
- paideian
- Morphology
- noun, feminine accusative singular
- Gloss
- instruction, discipline
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Instruction, training, discipline, or correction.
- Occurrences
- 71
πατρός
- 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
- πατήρ
- Transliteration
- pater
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- father
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Father or ancestor.
- Occurrences
- 1228
σου
- 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
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
σοφὸς
- 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
- σοφός
- Transliteration
- sophos
- Morphology
- adjective, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- wise
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Definition
- Wise, skilled, or prudent.
- Occurrences
- 61
γένῃ
- 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
- γένῃ
- Transliteration
- gene
- Morphology
- nominative feminine 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
- 12
ἐπʼ
- 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
- ἐπί
- Transliteration
- ep
- Morphology
- preposition, elided form
- Gloss
- on, upon, over, against
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Elided/aspirated form of the preposition ἐπί.
- Occurrences
- 6685
ἐσχάτων
- 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
- ἐσχάτων
- Transliteration
- eschaton
- 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
- 27
σου
- 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
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.
ܫܡܥ ܡܠ̣ܟܐ ܘܩܒܠ ܡܪܕܘܬܐ ܐܝܟ ܕܬܬܚܟܡ ܒܐܘܪ̈ܚܬܟ
ܫܡܥ
- 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
- ܫܡܥ
- Transliteration
- shm'
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 166
ܡܠ̣ܟܐ
- 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
- ܡܠܟܐ
- Transliteration
- malka
- Morphology
- noun, masculine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- king
- Occurrences
- 1870
ܘܩܒܠ
- 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
- ܘܩܒܠ
- Transliteration
- wqbl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 14
ܡܪܕܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܡܪܕܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- mrdwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 25
ܐܝܟ
- 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
- ܐܝܟ
- Transliteration
- 'yk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2051
ܕܬܬܚܟܡ
- 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
- ܕܬܬܚܟܡ
- Transliteration
- dtthkm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܒܐܘܪ̈ܚܬܟ
- 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
- ܒܐܘܪܚܬܟ
- Transliteration
- b'wrhtk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 4
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.
שְׁמַע עֵצְתָא וְקַבֵּל מַרְדוּתָא מְטוּל דְתִתְחַכַּם בְּסוֹפָךְ׃
שְׁמַע
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שמע
- Transliteration
- shm'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 154
עֵצְתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עצתא
- Transliteration
- 'tst'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 10
וְקַבֵּל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קבל
- Transliteration
- wqbl
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 152
מַרְדוּתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רדותא
- Transliteration
- mrdwt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 24
מְטוּל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- טול
- Transliteration
- mtwl
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 322
דְתִתְחַכַּם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תתחכם
- Transliteration
- dttchkm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 2
בְּסוֹפָךְ׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- סופך
- Transliteration
- bswpk
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 4
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Audi consilium, et suscipe disciplinam, ut sis sapiens in novissimis tuis.
audi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- audio
- Transliteration
- audi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1534
consilium
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- consilium
- Transliteration
- consilium
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 232
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
suscipe
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suscipio
- Transliteration
- suscipe
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 184
disciplinam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- disciplina
- Transliteration
- disciplinam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 94
ut
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ut
- Transliteration
- ut
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4533
sis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- sis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
sapiens
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sapiens
- Transliteration
- sapiens
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 208
in
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- in
- Transliteration
- in
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Gloss
- in
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- in, into, among, on
- Etymology
- Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
- Occurrences
- 22264
novissimis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nouus
- Transliteration
- novissimis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 312
tuis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tuus
- Transliteration
- tuis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5615
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 12:15
The way of the foolish is right in his own eyes: but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
20 relevance votesProverbs 4:1
Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding:
9 relevance votesProverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 relevance votesNumbers 23:10
Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
8 relevance votesPsalms 90:14
O satisfy us in the morning with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
7 relevance votesPsalms 37:37
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the latter end of that man is peace.
6 relevance votesPsalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may get us an heart of wisdom.
6 relevance votesDeuteronomy 8:16
who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:
5 relevance votesDeuteronomy 32:29
Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
4 relevance votes