Proverbs 26:10-19

. Here’s a chiasmus from the site How the Bible Fits Together: I’ve changed the center from a double to a single.  I rather like the center.  The idea of a ‘turning hinge’ seems fitting for the center of a chiasmus, since a chiasmus does just that:  ‘turns at its center’.  Nice touch by its [...]

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Proverbs 1:20-33 – Wisdom Shouts … Listen and be Secure

  A    1    (a)    20    Wisdom shouts    (b)    in the street,     2    (a’)    She lifts her voice    (b’)    in the square;    1′   (b)    21  At the head of the noisy streets    (a)    she cries out;    2′   (b’)    At the entrance of the gates in the city,    (a’)    she utters her sayings: B    22  “How long, [...]

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Proverbs 31:10-31 – The Virtuous Woman

  A    10  An excellent wife, who can find? B    For her worth is far above jewels. C    11  The heart of her husband trusts in her, And he will have no lack of gain.  12  She does him good and not evil.  All the days of her life. D    13  She looks for wool [...]

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