Proverbs
Chapter 12
Verse 15
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Proverbs 12

Young's Literal Translation, Verse 15

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15 The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel [is] wise.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 12:15. 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 45
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.

דֶּ֣רֶךְ אֱ֭וִיל יָשָׁ֣ר בְּעֵינָ֑יו וְשֹׁמֵ֖עַ לְעֵצָ֣ה חָכָֽם׃

7 word entries
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
Lemma
1870
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1870
Occurrences
375
אֱ֭וִיל
Lemma
191
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H191
Occurrences
19
יָשָׁ֣ר
Lemma
3477
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H3477
Occurrences
54
בְּעֵינָ֑יו
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender dual construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5869
Occurrences
324
וְשֹׁמֵ֖עַ
Lemma
c/8085
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8085
Occurrences
250
לְעֵצָ֣ה
Lemma
l/6098
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6098
Occurrences
4
חָכָֽם
Lemma
2450
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2450
Occurrences
104
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.

Ὁδοὶ ἀφρόνων ὀρθαὶ ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν, εἰσακούει δὲ συμβουλίας σοφός.

9 word entries
Ὁδοὶ
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
odoi
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ὁδοὶ
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
32
ἀφρόνων
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
aphronon
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
25
ὀρθαὶ
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
orthai
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
2
ἐνώπιον
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
enopion
Morphology
preposition/adverb
Gloss
before, in the presence of
Part of Speech
preposition/adverb
Definition
Before or in the presence of.
Occurrences
516
αὐτῶν
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
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
εἰσακούει
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
eisakoyei
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
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
συμβουλίας
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
symboylias
Morphology
accusative plural feminine or genitive singular feminine 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
4
σοφός
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
sophos
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
61
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.

ܐܘܪܚܗ ܕܣܟܠܐ ܫܦܝܪܐ ܗܝ ܒܥܝܢ̈ܘܗܝ ܘܕܡܫܬܡܥ ܠܡܠ̣ܟܐ ܚܟܝܡܐ ܗܘ

9 word entries
ܐܘܪܚܗ
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
'wrhh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
46
ܕܣܟܠܐ
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
dskl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
29
ܫܦܝܪܐ
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
shpyr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
31
ܗܝ
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
ܗܝ
Transliteration
hi
Morphology
pronoun/copula, feminine singular
Gloss
she, it, is
Occurrences
578
ܒܥܝܢ̈ܘܗܝ
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'ynwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
36
ܘܕܡܫܬܡܥ
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
wdmshtm'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܠܡܠ̣ܟܐ
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
lmlk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
267
ܚܟܝܡܐ
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
hkym'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
64
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
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.

אָרְחֵיהּ דְסַכְלָא תְרִיצָא בְּאַפּוֹי וּדְשָׁמֵעַ לְעֵיצְתָא חַכִּימָא הוּא׃

8 word entries
אָרְחֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'rchyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
7
דְסַכְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dskl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
38
תְרִיצָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tryts'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
9
בְּאַפּוֹי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
b'pwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
21
וּדְשָׁמֵעַ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wdshm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
לְעֵיצְתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'ytst'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
חַכִּימָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chkym'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
44
הוּא׃
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
הוא
Transliteration
hw'
Morphology
personal/demonstrative pronoun
Gloss
he, it
Occurrences
992
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.

Via stulti recta in oculis ejus; qui autem sapiens est audit consilia.

12 word entries
via
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uia
Transliteration
via
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
853
stulti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
stultus
Transliteration
stulti
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
129
recta
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rectus
Transliteration
recta
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
112
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
oculis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
oculus
Transliteration
oculis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
682
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
sapiens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sapiens
Transliteration
sapiens
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
208
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
audit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
audio
Transliteration
audit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1534
consilia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
consilia
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
232

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 3:7

Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

15 relevance votes

Proverbs 19:20

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

10 relevance votes

Proverbs 26:12

Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!

10 relevance votes

Proverbs 14:16

The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

10 relevance votes

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way right before a man, And its latter end — ways of death.

9 relevance votes

Proverbs 16:2

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

9 relevance votes

Proverbs 14:12

There is a way — right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.

9 relevance votes

Proverbs 9:9

Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.

8 relevance votes

Galatians 6:3

for if any one doth think [himself] to be something — being nothing — himself he doth deceive;

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 1:5

(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 21:2

Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.

6 relevance votes

Proverbs 26:16

Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.

5 relevance votes
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