6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
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Proverbs 28
World English Bible, Catholic Edition, Verse 6
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 28:6. 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.
טֽוֹב־רָ֭שׁ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם וְה֣וּא עָשִֽׁיר׃
רָ֭שׁ
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ
מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ
דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם
וְה֣וּא
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.
Κρείσσων πτωχὸς πορευόμενος ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, πλουσίου ψευδοῦς.
Κρείσσων
- 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
- κρείσσων
- Transliteration
- kreisson
- 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
- 29
πτωχὸς
- 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
- πτωχὸς
- Transliteration
- ptochos
- 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
- 27
πορευόμενος
- 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
- πορευόμενος
- Transliteration
- poreyomenos
- 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
- 24
ἐν
- 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
- ἐν
- Transliteration
- en
- Morphology
- preposition with dative
- Gloss
- in, among, with
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition commonly taking the dative.
- Strong's
- G1722
- Occurrences
- 13086
ἀληθείᾳ
- 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
- ἀληθείᾳ
- Transliteration
- aletheia
- Morphology
- dative singular feminine pattern
- Gloss
- to/for ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 36
πλουσίου
- 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
- πλουσίου
- Transliteration
- ploysioy
- Morphology
- genitive singular masculine/neuter pattern
- Gloss
- of ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective/pronoun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 7
ψευδοῦς
- 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
- ψευδοῦς
- Transliteration
- pseydoys
- 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
- 6
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.
ܡܣܟܢܐ ܡܗܠܟ ܒܬܡܝܡܘܬܐ ܘܥܬܝܪܐ ܡܥܩ̈ܡܢ ܐܘܪ̈ܚܬܗ
ܡܣܟܢܐ
- 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
- ܡܣܟܢܐ
- Transliteration
- mskn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 52
ܡܗܠܟ
- 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
- ܡܗܠܟ
- Transliteration
- mhlk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 26
ܒܬܡܝܡܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܒܬܡܝܡܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- btmymwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 8
ܘܥܬܝܪܐ
- 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
- ܘܥܬܝܪܐ
- Transliteration
- w'tyr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5
ܡܥܩ̈ܡܢ
- 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
- ܡܥܩܡܢ
- Transliteration
- m'qmn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2
ܐܘܪ̈ܚܬܗ
- 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
- ܐܘܪܚܬܗ
- Transliteration
- 'wrhth
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 55
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.
טָב מִסְכֵּינָא דִמְהַלֵךְ בִּתְמִימוּתֵיהּ מִן הוּא דִמְעַקְמָן אָרְחָתֵיהּ וְהוּא עַתִּיר׃
טָב
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- טב
- Transliteration
- tb
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 212
מִסְכֵּינָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- סכינא
- Transliteration
- mskyn'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 15
דִמְהַלֵךְ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מהלך
- Transliteration
- dmhlk
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 12
בִּתְמִימוּתֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תמימותיה
- Transliteration
- btmymwtyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 2
מִן
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- מן
- Transliteration
- mn
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- from, out of, than
- Occurrences
- 2836
הוּא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- הוא
- Transliteration
- hw'
- Morphology
- personal/demonstrative pronoun
- Gloss
- he, it
- Occurrences
- 992
דִמְעַקְמָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מעקמן
- Transliteration
- dm'qmn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 2
אָרְחָתֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ארחתיה
- Transliteration
- 'rchtyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 22
וְהוּא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- הוא
- Transliteration
- whw'
- Morphology
- prefixed conjunction ו + personal/demonstrative pronoun
- Gloss
- and he, it
- Occurrences
- 992
עַתִּיר׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עתיר
- Transliteration
- 'tyr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 6
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Melior est pauper ambulans in simplicitate sua quam dives in pravis itineribus.
melior
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- bonus
- Transliteration
- melior
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 847
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
pauper
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- pauper
- Transliteration
- pauper
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 231
ambulans
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ambulo
- Transliteration
- ambulans
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 412
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
simplicitate
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- simplicitas
- Transliteration
- simplicitate
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 23
sua
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suus
- Transliteration
- sua
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5783
quam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quam
- Transliteration
- quam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 426
dives
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- diues
- Transliteration
- dives
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 101
pravis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- prauus
- Transliteration
- pravis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 30
itineribus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iter
- Transliteration
- itineribus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 125
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 19:1
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
10 relevance votesProverbs 28:18
Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
9 relevance votesProverbs 19:22
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
6 relevance votesProverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
4 relevance votes