28 A false witness will perish. A man who listens speaks to eternity.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 21:28. 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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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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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
עֵד־כְּזָבִ֥ים יֹאבֵ֑ד וְאִ֥ישׁ שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗עַ לָנֶ֥צַח יְדַבֵּֽר׃
עֵד
כְּזָבִ֥ים
יֹאבֵ֑ד
וְאִ֥ישׁ
שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗עַ
לָנֶ֥צַח
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.
Μάρτυς ψευδὴς ἀπολεῖται, ἀνὴρ δὲ ὑπήκοος φυλασσόμενος λαλήσει.
Μάρτυς
- 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
- μάρτυς
- Transliteration
- martys
- Morphology
- nominative masculine/feminine singular or accusative plural pattern depending on context
- 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
- 35
ψευδὴς
- 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
- ψευδὴς
- Transliteration
- pseydes
- Morphology
- genitive singular feminine or nominative masculine 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
- 12
ἀπολεῖται
- 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
- ἀπολεῖται
- Transliteration
- apoleitai
- Morphology
- nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 37
ἀνὴρ
- 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
- ἀνήρ
- Transliteration
- aner
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- man, husband
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Man, male, husband.
- Occurrences
- 1573
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
ὑπήκοος
- 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
- ὑπήκοος
- Transliteration
- ypekoos
- 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
- 3
φυλασσόμενος
- 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.
- Lemma
- φυλασσόμενος
- Transliteration
- phylassomenos
- 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
- 2
λαλήσει
- 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
- λαλήσει
- Transliteration
- lalesei
- 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
- 27
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.
ܣܗܕܐ ܕܓܠܐ ܢܐܒܕ ܘܓܒܪܐ ܫܡܘܥܐ ܬܪܝܨܐܝܬ ܡܡܠܠ
ܣܗܕܐ
- 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
- ܣܗܕܐ
- Transliteration
- shd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 23
ܕܓܠܐ
- 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
- ܕܓܠܐ
- Transliteration
- dgl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 55
ܢܐܒܕ
- 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
- ܢܐܒܕ
- Transliteration
- n'bd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 22
ܘܓܒܪܐ
- 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
- ܘܓܒܪܐ
- Transliteration
- wgbr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 92
ܫܡܘܥܐ
- 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
- ܫܡܘܥܐ
- Transliteration
- shmw''
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 3
ܬܪܝܨܐܝܬ
- 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
- ܬܪܝܨܐܝܬ
- Transliteration
- trys'yt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 9
ܡܡܠܠ
- 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
- ܡܡܠܠ
- Transliteration
- mmll
- 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.
סָהֲדָא דְכַדָבוּתָא יֵאבַד וְגַבְרָא שָׁמוֹעָא שְׁרִירַאִית מְמַלֵל׃
סָהֲדָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- סהדא
- Transliteration
- shd'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 10
דְכַדָבוּתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- כדבותא
- Transliteration
- dkdbwt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 2
יֵאבַד
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יאבד
- Transliteration
- y'bd
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 2
וְגַבְרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גברא
- Transliteration
- wgbr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 524
שָׁמוֹעָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שמועא
- Transliteration
- shmw''
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 1
שְׁרִירַאִית
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שריראית
- Transliteration
- shryr'yt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 1
מְמַלֵל׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מלל
- Transliteration
- mmll
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 62
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Testis mendax peribit; vir obediens loquetur victoriam.
testis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- testis
- Transliteration
- testis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 97
mendax
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mendax
- Transliteration
- mendax
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 42
peribit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- pereo
- Transliteration
- peribit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 250
vir
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uir
- Transliteration
- vir
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1641
oboediens
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- obediens
- Transliteration
- oboediens
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2
loquitur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- loquor
- Transliteration
- loquitur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1543
victoriam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uictoria
- Transliteration
- victoriam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 26
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.
2 Corinthians 4:13
But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore we also speak,
6 relevance votesProverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
5 relevance votesProverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
4 relevance votesProverbs 25:18
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
3 relevance votesProverbs 12:19
Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.
2 relevance votesExodus 23:1
“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
2 relevance votesTitus 3:8
This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you insist confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;
2 relevance votesProverbs 6:19
a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
2 relevance votesActs 12:15
They said to her, “You are crazy!” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”
2 relevance votes