27 He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
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Proverbs 11
World English Bible, Catholic Edition, Verse 27
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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.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
שֹׁ֣חֵֽר ט֭וֹב יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ רָצ֑וֹן וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ רָעָ֣ה תְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃
שֹׁ֣חֵֽר
יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ
רָצ֑וֹן
וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ
רָעָ֣ה
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.
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.
- Lemma
- τεκταινόμενος
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἀγαθός
- 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.
- Lemma
- ζητεῖ
- 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.
- Lemma
- χάρις
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἀγαθὴν
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἐκζητοῦντα
- 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.
- Lemma
- κακός
- 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.
- Lemma
- καταλήψεται
- 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.
- Lemma
- αὐτός
- Transliteration
- autos
- Morphology
- pronoun, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- he, himself
- Part of Speech
- pronoun
- Definition
- Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
- Occurrences
- 26672
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
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.
- Lemma
- ܕܒܥܐ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܛܒܬܐ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܨܒܝܢܐ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܘܕܒܥܐ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܒܝܫܬܐ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܬܐܬܐ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܥܠܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- 'lwhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 372
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׃
דְמַקְדִים
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מקדים
- 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.
- Lemma
- טבתא
- 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.
- Lemma
- צבינא
- 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.
- Lemma
- ישתא
- 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.
- Lemma
- אתיא
- 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.
- Lemma
- עלוי
- Transliteration
- 'lwy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 140
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.
bene
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- bene
- Transliteration
- bene
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 164
consurgit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- consurgo
- Transliteration
- consurgit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 141
diluculo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- diluculum
- 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
- Lemma
- inuestigator
- 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 votesPsalms 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 votesEsther 7:10
5 relevance votesPsalms 10:2
In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
2 relevance votes