Day 145, more insights

An Outline of the Book of Proverbs: Proverbs 1-9: the case for wisdom, taught to Solomon’s sons or students. Proverbs 10-29: various jewels of wisdom authored by Solomon. Proverbs 30: an oracle from an unknown man named Agar. Proverbs 31: an oracle of the king’s mother to King Lemuel (perhaps a symbolic name of Solomon). Since there are thirty-one chapters in Proverbs and an average of thirty days in a month, reading a chapter a day and applying its principles will usually lead to a better life. What are Proverbs? Proverbs are wisdom poetry most often appearing in couplets. Line one will make a statement about a subject—wisdom, foolishness, righteousness, wickedness, productiveness, or laziness— and using words such as “like” or “as” (similes) will connect it to a similar thought in line two. Alternative parallel structures Metaphorical parallelism: line one is related to an object or animal in line two. Synonymous parallelism: line two says the same thing as line one using different words Proverbs 1:2; 2:11). Synthetic parallelism: line two expands the thought of line one (e.g., Proverbs 3:6; 16:3). Occasionally, two, three, or more lines are added. Antithetic parallelism: line two contrasts the thought or words in line one (e.g., Proverbs 10:1; 11:1). page re-edited 5-23-20

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