Proverbs
Chapter 19
Verse 1
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Proverbs 19

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1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 19:1. 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 40
Editorial Notes 1
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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.

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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.

טֽוֹב־רָ֭שׁ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו וְה֣וּא כְסִֽיל׃

8 word entries
טֽוֹב
Lemma
2896 a
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2896
Occurrences
278
רָ֭שׁ
Lemma
7326
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7326
Occurrences
16
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
Lemma
1980
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1980
Occurrences
372
בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ
Lemma
b/8537
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H8537
Occurrences
11
מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ
Lemma
m/6141
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + adjective
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6141
Occurrences
2
שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו
Lemma
8193
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine dual construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8193
Occurrences
144
וְה֣וּא
Lemma
c/1931
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + pronoun
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1931
Occurrences
260
כְסִֽיל
Lemma
3684
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H3684
Occurrences
43
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.

ܛܒ ܗܘ ܡܣܟܢܐ ܕܡܗܠܟ ܒܬܡܝܡܘܬܐ ܝܬܝܪ ܡܢ ܥܬܝܪܐ ܕܡܥܩ̈ܡܢ ܐܘܪ̈ܚܬܗ

10 word entries
ܛܒ
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
ܛܒ
Transliteration
tb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
279
ܗܘ
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
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
2003
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.
Transliteration
mskn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
52
ܕܡܗܠܟ
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
dmhlk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
16
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.
Transliteration
btmymwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
8
ܝܬܝܪ
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
ytyr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
80
ܡܢ
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
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5552
ܥܬܝܪܐ
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
'tyr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
12
ܕܡܥܩ̈ܡܢ
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
dm'qmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
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.
Transliteration
'wrhth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
55
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.

טָב מִסְכֵּינָא דִמְהַלֵךְ בִּתְמִימוּתָא מִן הוּא דִמְעַקְמָן אָרְחָתֵיהּ וְהוּא סָכֵל׃

10 word entries
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.
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.
Transliteration
dmhlk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
12
בִּתְמִימוּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
btmymwt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
5
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.
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.
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
סָכֵל׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
סכל
Transliteration
skl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
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.

[Melior est pauper qui ambulat in simplicitate sua quam dives torquens labia sua, et insipiens.

12 word entries
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
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
ambulat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ambulo
Transliteration
ambulat
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
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
torquens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
torqueo
Transliteration
torquens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
27
labia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
labia
Transliteration
labia
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
9
insipiens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
insipiens
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
53
Spirit Nation Greek LXX Alignment Note English · Greek Septuagint Structure · Spirit Nation Editorial Note

Coverage: Source-structure exceptions

Explains reader references where the imported tradition does not align one-to-one.

Editorial alignment note: The Greek Septuagint tradition often follows different ordering, grouping, or book structure here. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool." This panel is a study bridge only, not a replacement for an ancient source witness.

Source verse imported. Word-by-word lemma, morphology, gloss, and lexicon entries have not been attached for this language/source yet.

Source availability notes

These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.

  • Greek LXX alternate structure

    This Greek source uses tradition-specific ordering or verse grouping here. The closest one-to-one panel is not currently attached for this exact reference.

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 28:6

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

11 relevance votes

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

6 relevance votes

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

5 relevance votes

Proverbs 19:22

That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 20:7

A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 14:2

He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 15:16

Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble.

3 relevance votes

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 37:26

All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.

1 relevance votes

Proverbs 12:26

A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

1 relevance votes

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”

0 relevance votes

1 Samuel 25:25

Please don’t let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent.

0 relevance votes
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