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Chapter 16
Verse 6
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Proverbs 16

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6 By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

Original Language

Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 16:6. 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 38
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.

בְּחֶ֣סֶד וֶ֭אֱמֶת יְכֻפַּ֣ר עָוֺ֑ן וּבְיִרְאַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה ס֣וּר מֵרָֽע׃

8 word entries
בְּחֶ֣סֶד
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H2617
Occurrences
8
וֶ֭אֱמֶת
Lemma
c/571
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H571
Occurrences
27
יְכֻפַּ֣ר
Lemma
3722 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb pual imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3722
Occurrences
27
עָוֺ֑ן
Lemma
5771
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5771
Occurrences
164
וּבְיִרְאַ֥ת
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition + noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3374
Occurrences
1
יְ֝הוָ֗ה
Lemma
3068
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3068
Occurrences
5701
ס֣וּר
Lemma
5493
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5493
Occurrences
191
מֵרָֽע
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + adjective
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7451
Occurrences
6
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.

ܒܛܝܒܘܬܐ ܘܒܩܘܫܬܐ ܡܫܬܒܩ ܥܘ̣ܠܐ ܘܕܚܠܬܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܡܣܛܝܐ ܡܢ ܒܝܫܬܐ

9 word entries
ܒܛܝܒܘܬܐ
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
btybwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
9
ܘܒܩܘܫܬܐ
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
wbqwsht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
ܡܫܬܒܩ
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
mshtbq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܥܘ̣ܠܐ
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
'wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
232
ܘܕܚܠܬܗ
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
wdhlth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
4
ܕܡܪܝܐ
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
dmry'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1345
ܡܣܛܝܐ
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
msty'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
1
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
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
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.

בְּטֵיבוּתָא וְקוּשְׁטָא מִתְכַּפֵּר סוּרְחָנָא וּדְחַלְתֵּיהּ דֵאלָהָא מִסְטֵי מִן בִּישְׁתָּא׃

9 word entries
בְּטֵיבוּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
btybwt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
13
וְקוּשְׁטָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wqwsht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
81
מִתְכַּפֵּר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mtkpr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
3
סוּרְחָנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
swrchn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
5
וּדְחַלְתֵּיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wdchltyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
15
דֵאלָהָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אלה
Transliteration
d'lh'
Morphology
prefixed relative/genitive ד + noun masculine singular emphatic
Gloss
of/that God
Occurrences
779
מִסְטֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
סטי
Transliteration
msty
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
10
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
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
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.

Misericordia et veritate redimitur iniquitas, et in timore Domini declinatur a malo.

12 word entries
misericordia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
misericordia
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
362
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
veritate
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ueritas
Transliteration
veritate
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
269
redimitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
redimo
Transliteration
redimitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
100
iniquitas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
iniquitas
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
460
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
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
timore
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
timor
Transliteration
timore
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
209
Domini
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Domini
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
declinatur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
declino
Transliteration
declinatur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
111
a
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ab
Transliteration
a
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3693
malo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
malus
Transliteration
malo
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
671
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: "By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil." 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 14:16

A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

16 relevance votes

Job 28:28

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”

12 relevance votes

2 Corinthians 7:1

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

12 relevance votes

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”

10 relevance votes

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

7 relevance votes

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

7 relevance votes

Luke 11:41

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

7 relevance votes

Proverbs 20:28

Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

6 relevance votes

Acts 15:9

He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

5 relevance votes

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people, but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.

5 relevance votes

Nehemiah 5:9

Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?

4 relevance votes

Genesis 20:11

Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’

3 relevance votes
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