1 The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
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Proverbs 28
World English Bible, Verse 1
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 28:1. 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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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
נָ֣סוּ וְאֵין־רֹדֵ֣ף רָשָׁ֑ע וְ֝צַדִּיקִ֗ים כִּכְפִ֥יר יִבְטָֽח׃
נָ֣סוּ
וְאֵין
רֹדֵ֣ף
וְ֝צַדִּיקִ֗ים
כִּכְפִ֥יר
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.
Φεύγει ἀσεβὴς μηδενὸς διώκοντος, δίκαιος δὲ ὥσπερ λέων πέποιθε.
Φεύγει
- 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
- φεύγει
- Transliteration
- pheygei
- 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
- 2
ἀσεβὴς
- 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
- Ἀσεβὴς
- Transliteration
- asebes
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Ἀσεβὴς
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 22
μηδενὸς
- 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
- μηδενὸς
- Transliteration
- medenos
- 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
διώκοντος
- 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
- διώκοντος
- Transliteration
- diokontos
- 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
- 8
δίκαιος
- 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
- δίκαιος
- Transliteration
- dikaios
- Morphology
- adjective, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- righteous, just
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Definition
- Righteous, just, upright.
- Occurrences
- 227
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
ὥσπερ
- 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
- ὥσπερ
- Transliteration
- hosper
- Morphology
- comparative conjunction/adverb
- Gloss
- just as, as
- Part of Speech
- conjunction/adverb
- Definition
- Comparative conjunction/adverb.
- Occurrences
- 236
λέων
- 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
- λέων
- Transliteration
- leon
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- lion
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Lion.
- Occurrences
- 49
πέποιθε
- 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
- πέποιθε
- Transliteration
- pepoithe
- Morphology
- vocative singular, imperative, or 3rd singular verb ending depending on context
- Gloss
- form requires context
- Part of Speech
- verb/noun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 2
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.
ܢܥܪܩܘܢ ܥܘ̈ܠܐ ܟܕ ܠܝܬ ܕܪܕܦ ܠܗܘܢ ܘܙܕܝ̈ܩܐ ܐܝܟ ܐܪܝܐ ܢܬܬܟܠܘܢ
ܢܥܪܩܘܢ
- 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
- ܢܥܪܩܘܢ
- Transliteration
- n'rqwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 4
ܥܘ̈ܠܐ
- 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
- ܥܘܠܐ
- Transliteration
- 'wl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 232
ܟܕ
- 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
- ܟܕ
- Transliteration
- kd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 881
ܠܝܬ
- 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
- ܠܝܬ
- Transliteration
- lyt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 159
ܕܪܕܦ
- 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
- ܕܪܕܦ
- Transliteration
- drdp
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 5
ܠܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܠܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- lhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1134
ܘܙܕܝ̈ܩܐ
- 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
- ܘܙܕܝܩܐ
- Transliteration
- wzdyq'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 17
ܐܝܟ
- 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
- ܐܝܟ
- Transliteration
- 'yk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2051
ܐܪܝܐ
- 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
- ܐܪܝܐ
- Transliteration
- 'ry'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 47
ܢܬܬܟܠܘܢ
- 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
- ܢܬܬܟܠܘܢ
- Transliteration
- nttklwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 3
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.
עָרְקִין רַשִׁיעֵי בִּדְלֵית דְרָדֵף לְהוֹן וְצַדִיקֵי הֵיךְ אַרְיָא דְמִסְתְּכֵי לְמֵיכוּלְתֵּיהּ מְסַבְּרִין לְחָכְמָתָא׃
עָרְקִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ערקין
- Transliteration
- 'rqyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 12
רַשִׁיעֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רשיעי
- Transliteration
- rshy'y
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 98
בִּדְלֵית
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- דלית
- Transliteration
- bdlyt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 32
דְרָדֵף
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רדף
- Transliteration
- drdp
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 18
לְהוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הון
- Transliteration
- lhwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 1262
וְצַדִיקֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- צדיקי
- Transliteration
- wtsdyqy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 46
הֵיךְ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- היך
- Transliteration
- hyk
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 459
אַרְיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אריא
- Transliteration
- 'ry'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 58
דְמִסְתְּכֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מסתכי
- Transliteration
- dmstky
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 2
לְמֵיכוּלְתֵּיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מיכולתיה
- Transliteration
- lmykwltyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 1
מְסַבְּרִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- סברין
- Transliteration
- msbryn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 11
לְחָכְמָתָא׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חכמתא
- Transliteration
- lchkmt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 56
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
[Fugit impius nemine persequente; justus autem, quasi leo confidens, absque terrore erit.
fugit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- fugio
- Transliteration
- fugit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 351
impius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- impius
- Transliteration
- impius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 267
nemine
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nemo
- Transliteration
- nemine
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 205
persequente
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- persequor
- Transliteration
- persequente
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 182
iustus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iustus
- Transliteration
- iustus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 427
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
quasi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quasi
- Transliteration
- quasi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 989
leo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- leo
- Transliteration
- leo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 136
confidens
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- confidens
- Transliteration
- confidens
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 2
absque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- absque
- Transliteration
- absque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 208
terrore
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- terror
- Transliteration
- terrore
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 46
erit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- erit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
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.
Deuteronomy 28:7
Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways.
152 relevance votesPsalms 53:5
There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
92 relevance votesPsalms 112:7
He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.
59 relevance votes1 Thessalonians 2:2
but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
44 relevance votesActs 4:13
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
39 relevance votesActs 14:3
Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
32 relevance votesJeremiah 20:4
For Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes will see it. I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them captive to Babylon, and will kill them with the sword.
30 relevance votesLeviticus 26:36
“‘As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword. They will fall when no one pursues.
28 relevance votesDeuteronomy 28:25
Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and will flee seven ways before them. You will be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
19 relevance votes2 Kings 7:15
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13 relevance votesExodus 11:8
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