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Chapter 21
Verse 10
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Proverbs 21

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10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 21:10. 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 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.

נֶ֣פֶשׁ רָ֭שָׁע אִוְּתָה־רָ֑ע לֹא־יֻחַ֖ן בְּעֵינָ֣יו רֵעֵֽהוּ׃

8 word entries
נֶ֣פֶשׁ
Lemma
5315
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5315
Occurrences
576
רָ֭שָׁע
Lemma
7563
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7563
Occurrences
201
אִוְּתָה
Lemma
183
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel perfect 3rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H183
Occurrences
21
רָ֑ע
Lemma
7451 b
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7451
Occurrences
62
לֹא
Lemma
3808
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3808
Occurrences
3277
יֻחַ֖ן
Lemma
2603 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hophal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2603
Occurrences
51
בְּעֵינָ֣יו
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender dual construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5869
Occurrences
324
רֵעֵֽהוּ
Lemma
7453
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7453
Occurrences
129
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.

Ψυχὴ ἀσεβοῦς οὐκ ἐλεηθήσεται ὑπʼ οὐδενὸς τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

8 word entries
Ψυχὴ
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
psyche
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
soul, life
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Soul, life, self, or living being.
Occurrences
809
ἀσεβοῦς
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
aseboys
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
33
οὐκ
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
οὐ
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle before rough breathing.
Occurrences
5892
ἐλεηθήσεται
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
eleethesetai
Morphology
verb, future middle indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it will ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
ὑπʼ
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
ὑπό
Transliteration
hyp
Morphology
preposition, elided form
Gloss
under, by
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided form of ὑπό.
Occurrences
443
οὐδενὸς
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
oydenos
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
7
τῶν
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
ἀνθρώπων
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
anthropos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
human, man
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Human being, person, man.
Occurrences
1305
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.

ܢܦܫܗ ܕܥܘܠܐ ܠܐ ܡܬܚܙܝܐ ܒܥܝܢ̈ܝ ܚܒܪ̈ܘܗܝ

6 word entries
ܢܦܫܗ
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
npshh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
112
ܕܥܘܠܐ
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
d'wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
116
ܠܐ
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
ܠܐ
Transliteration
la
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
2566
ܡܬܚܙܝܐ
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
mthzy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
7
ܒܥܝܢ̈ܝ
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
b'yny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
45
ܚܒܪ̈ܘܗܝ
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
hbrwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
6
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.

נַפְשֵׁיהּ דְרַשִׁיעָא רָיְגָא בִּישְׁתָּא וְלָא מִתְרַחֵם בְּעַיְנוֹי חַבְרֵיהּ׃

8 word entries
נַפְשֵׁיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
npshyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
106
דְרַשִׁיעָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
drshy''
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
147
רָיְגָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ryg'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
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
וְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ולא
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1587
מִתְרַחֵם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mtrchm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
7
בְּעַיְנוֹי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
b'ynwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
39
חַבְרֵיהּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chbryh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
101
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.

Anima impii desiderat malum: non miserebitur proximo suo.

8 word entries
anima
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
anima
Transliteration
anima
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
916
impii
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
impius
Transliteration
impii
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
267
desiderat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
desiderat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
63
malum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
malum
Transliteration
malum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
129
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
miserebitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
miserebitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
165
proximo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
propior
Transliteration
proximo
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
158
suo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783

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 3:29

Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

4 relevance votes

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

4 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 10:6

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.

3 relevance votes

Psalms 36:4

He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil.

3 relevance votes

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 112:9

He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 112:5

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 12:12

The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

2 relevance votes
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