Proverbs
Chapter 17
Verse 15
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Proverbs 17

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15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 17:15. 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 51
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.

מַצְדִּ֣יק רָ֭שָׁע וּמַרְשִׁ֣יעַ צַדִּ֑יק תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃

8 word entries
מַצְדִּ֣יק
Lemma
6663
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6663
Occurrences
31
רָ֭שָׁע
Lemma
7563
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7563
Occurrences
201
וּמַרְשִׁ֣יעַ
Lemma
c/7561
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hiphil participle active
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7561
Occurrences
7
צַדִּ֑יק
Lemma
6662
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6662
Occurrences
160
תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת
Lemma
8441
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8441
Occurrences
75
יְ֝הוָ֗ה
Lemma
3068
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3068
Occurrences
5701
גַּם
Lemma
1571
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1571
Occurrences
508
שְׁנֵיהֶֽם
Lemma
8147
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective + suffix
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H8147
Occurrences
536
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.

Ὃς δίκαιον κρίνει τὸν ἄδικον, ἄδικον δὲ τὸν δίκαιον, ἀκάθαρτος καὶ βδελυκτὸς παρὰ Θεῷ.

14 word entries
Ὃς
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
ὅς
Transliteration
hos
Morphology
relative pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
who, which
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Definition
Relative pronoun who, which, that.
Occurrences
4123
δίκαιον
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
dikaios
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
righteous, just
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Righteous, just, upright.
Occurrences
227
κρίνει
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
krinei
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
5
τὸν
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ἄδικον
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
adikon
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative 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
29
ἄδικον
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
adikon
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative 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
29
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
τὸν
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
δίκαιον
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
dikaios
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
righteous, just
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Righteous, just, upright.
Occurrences
227
ἀκάθαρτος
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
akathartos
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine/feminine singular
Gloss
unclean, impure
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Unclean, impure.
Occurrences
63
καὶ
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
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
βδελυκτὸς
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
bdelyktos
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
παρὰ
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
para
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
from, beside, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided form of παρά.
Occurrences
776
Θεῷ
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
theo
Morphology
noun, masculine dative singular
Gloss
to/for God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
3522
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.

ܕܡܙܟܐ ܠܥܘܠܐ ܘܡܚܝܒ ܠܙܕܝܩܐ ܛܡܐ ܗܘ ܩܕܡ ܡܪܝܐ

8 word entries
ܕܡܙܟܐ
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
dmzk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܠܥܘܠܐ
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
l'wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
25
ܘܡܚܝܒ
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
wmhyb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܠܙܕܝܩܐ
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
lzdyq'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
33
ܛܡܐ
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
ܛܡܐ
Transliteration
tm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
20
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
ܩܕܡ
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
ܩܕܡ
Transliteration
qdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1019
ܡܪܝܐ
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.
Transliteration
maryah
Morphology
divine title, emphatic form
Gloss
Lord
Occurrences
2917
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.

דִמְזַכֵּי לְרַשִׁיעָא וּמְחַיֵב לְצַדִיקָא מְרַחַקְתֵּיהּ דֵאלָהָא אַף תַּרְוֵיהוֹן׃

8 word entries
דִמְזַכֵּי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dmzky
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
לְרַשִׁיעָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lrshy''
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
147
וּמְחַיֵב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wmchyb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
לְצַדִיקָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ltsdyq'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
74
מְרַחַקְתֵּיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mrchqtyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
10
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
אַף
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אף
Transliteration
'p
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
354
תַּרְוֵיהוֹן׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
trwyhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
35
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.

[Qui justificat impium, et qui condemnat justum, abominabilis est uterque apud Deum.

13 word entries
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
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
iustificat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
iustificat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
80
impium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
impius
Transliteration
impium
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
267
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
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
condemnat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
condemnat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
43
iustum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iustus
Transliteration
iustum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
427
abominabilis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
abominabilis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
19
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
uterque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uterque
Transliteration
uterque
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
138
apud
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
apud
Transliteration
apud
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
300
Dominum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Dominum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181

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.

Exodus 23:7

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

12 relevance votes

Proverbs 18:5

To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

10 relevance votes

Isaiah 5:23

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

10 relevance votes

Amos 6:12

Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,

6 relevance votes

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

5 relevance votes

Amos 5:12

For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.

4 relevance votes

Amos 5:7

You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!

4 relevance votes

James 5:6

You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

3 relevance votes

1 Kings 21:13

The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.

3 relevance votes

Romans 4:5

But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

1 relevance votes
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