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Chapter 11
Verse 27
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Proverbs 11

World English Bible, Catholic Edition, Verse 27

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27 He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 11:27. 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 47
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.

שֹׁ֣חֵֽר ט֭וֹב יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ רָצ֑וֹן וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ רָעָ֣ה תְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃

7 word entries
שֹׁ֣חֵֽר
Lemma
7836
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7836
Occurrences
8
ט֭וֹב
Lemma
2896 b
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2896
Occurrences
59
יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ
Lemma
1245
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1245
Occurrences
141
רָצ֑וֹן
Lemma
7522
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7522
Occurrences
27
וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ
Lemma
c/1875
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1875
Occurrences
26
רָעָ֣ה
Lemma
7451 c
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7451
Occurrences
165
תְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ
Lemma
935
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H935
Occurrences
1266
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.

Τεκταινόμενος ἀγαθὰ ζητεῖ χάριν ἀγαθὴν, ἐκζητοῦντα δὲ κακὰ καταλήψεται αὐτόν.

10 word entries
Τεκταινόμενος
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
tektainomenos
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive 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
ἀγαθὰ
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
agatha
Morphology
adjective/substantive, nominative/accusative neuter plural
Gloss
good things
Part of Speech
adjective/substantive
Definition
Good, beneficial, noble, or upright.
Occurrences
290
ζητεῖ
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
zetei
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
21
χάριν
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
charin
Morphology
noun, feminine accusative singular or prepositional use
Gloss
grace, favor; for the sake of
Part of Speech
noun/preposition
Definition
Grace, favor, thanks; accusative often used prepositionally.
Occurrences
135
ἀγαθὴν
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
agathen
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
28
ἐκζητοῦντα
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
ekzetoynta
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative 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
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
κακὰ
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
kaka
Morphology
adjective/substantive, nominative/accusative neuter plural
Gloss
evil things, bad things
Part of Speech
adjective/substantive
Definition
Bad, evil, harmful, or wicked.
Occurrences
242
καταλήψεται
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
katalepsetai
Morphology
verb, present/future middle-passive form, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
7
αὐτόν
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
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.

ܕܒܥܐ ܛܒܬܐ ܒܥܐ ܨܒܝܢܐ ܘܕܒܥܐ ܒܝܫܬܐ ܬܐܬܐ ܥܠܘܗܝ

8 word entries
ܕܒܥܐ
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
db''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
13
ܛܒܬܐ
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
tbt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
169
ܒܥܐ
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
ܒܥܐ
Transliteration
b''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
48
ܨܒܝܢܐ
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
sbyn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
15
ܘܕܒܥܐ
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
wdb''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܒܝܫܬܐ
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
bysht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
352
ܬܐܬܐ
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
t't'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
29
ܥܠܘܗܝ
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
'lwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
372
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.

דְמַקְדִים טָבְתָא בָּעֵי צִבְיָנָא וְתָבֵעַ בִּישְׁתָּא אָתְיָא עֲלוֹי׃

8 word entries
דְמַקְדִים
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dmqdym
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
4
טָבְתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tbt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
77
בָּעֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בעי
Transliteration
b'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
52
צִבְיָנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tsbyn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
6
וְתָבֵעַ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
תבע
Transliteration
wtb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
34
בִּישְׁתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bysht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
193
אָתְיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'ty'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
36
עֲלוֹי׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'lwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
140
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.

Bene consurgit diluculo qui quærit bona; qui autem investigator malorum est, opprimetur ab eis.

14 word entries
bene
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
bene
Transliteration
bene
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
164
consurgit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
consurgit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
141
diluculo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
diluculo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
38
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
quaerit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quaero
Transliteration
quaerit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
420
bona
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
bonus
Transliteration
bona
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
847
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
investigator
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
investigator
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1
malorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
malum
Transliteration
malorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
129
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
opprimetur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
opprimo
Transliteration
opprimetur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
74
ab
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ab
Transliteration
ab
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3693
eis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810

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 17:11

An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

7 relevance votes

Psalms 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves. Selah.

5 relevance votes

Psalms 10:2

In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

2 relevance votes
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