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General Editor's Preface | |
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Author's Preface | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Commentary | |
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Collection IIB: The Lord And His King (15:30-22:22) | |
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Prologue: The Dance between Humanity, the Lord, and His King (15:30-16:15) | |
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Wise and Foolish Speech (16:16-30) | |
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The Splendid Crown of Old Age through Righteousness (16:31-17:6) | |
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A Collection of Proverbs on Fools (17:7-28) | |
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The Speech of Fools versus the Speech of the Wise (18:1-21) | |
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Wealth and Wisdom in the Court and in the Home (18:22-19:23) | |
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The Pedagogue and Punishment of Fools (19:23-20:11) | |
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Speech and Commerce (20:12-19) | |
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Trusting the Lord to Avenge Wrongs through His Wise King (20:20-28) | |
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Doing Righteousness and Justice (20:29-21:31) | |
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Wealth and Moral Instruction (22:1-16) | |
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Collection III: The Thirty Sayings of the Wise (22:17-24:22) | |
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Prologue: Saying 1 (22:17-21) | |
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Motivating the Son to Heart (22:17-18) | |
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Center Line: Theological Motivation (22:19) | |
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The Father's Purpose (22:20-21) | |
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Section A: A Decalogue of Sayings About Wealth (22:22-23:11) | |
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Saying 2 (22:22-23) | |
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Saying 3 (22:24-25) | |
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Saying 4 (22:26-27) | |
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Saying 5 (22:28) | |
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Saying 6 (22:29) | |
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Saying 7 (23:1-3) | |
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Saying 8 (23:4-5) | |
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Saying 9 (23:6-8) | |
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Saying 10 (23:9) | |
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Saying 11 (23:10-11) | |
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Section B: An Obedient Son (23:12-24:2) | |
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Saying 12 (23:12) | |
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Saying 13 (23:13-14) | |
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Saying 14 (23:15-16) | |
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Saying 15 (23:17-18) | |
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Saying 16 (23:19-21) | |
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Saying 17 (23:22-25) | |
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Saying 18 (23:26-28) | |
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Appendix (23:29-24:2) | |
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Section C: Strength in Distress (24:3-12) | |
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Saying 21 (24:3-4) | |
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Saying 22 (24:5-6) | |
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Saying 23 (24:7) | |
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Saying 24 (24:8-9) | |
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Saying 25 (24:10-12) | |
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Section D: Prohibitions Against Involvement with the Wicked (24:13-22) | |
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Saying 26 (24:13-14) | |
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Saying 27 (24:15-16) | |
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Saying 28 (24:17-18) | |
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Saying 29 (24:19-20) | |
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Saying 30 (24:21-22) | |
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Collection IV: Further Sayings of the Wise (24:23-34) | |
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Superscription (24:23A) | |
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Judging at Court (24:23B-25) | |
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Correct Speaking (24:26) | |
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Positive Behavior in Work (24:27) | |
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Wrong Speaking (24:28-29) | |
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Negative Behavior in Work (24:30-34) | |
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The Sluggard's Vineyard (24:29-31) | |
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Center Line: Observation and Reflection (24:32) | |
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The Lesson (24:33-34) | |
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Collection V Solomon II (25:1-29:27) | |
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Superscription (25:1) | |
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Section C (25:2-27:27) | |
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The Court Hierarchy and the Conflict of the Righteous and the Wicked (25:2-27) | |
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Seven Perverted Types of Humanity (25:28-26:28) | |
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About Friends and Friendship (27:1-22) | |
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Caring for "Flocks and Herds" (27:23-27) | |
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Section D (28:1-29:27) | |
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A Relationship to tora as a Measure for Ruling and Gaining Wealth (28:1-11) | |
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The Importance of One's Relationship with God for Ruling and Gaining Wealth (28:12-27) | |
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Center Line: Sudden Death for the Hard-hearted (29:1) | |
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Rearing and Ruling Proved Worthwhile in Dealing with the Poor (29:2-15) | |
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Rearing and One's Relationship with God (29:16-27) | |
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Collection VI: The Sayings of Agur Son of Jakeh (30:1-33) | |
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Introduction (30:1-9) | |
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Superscription (30:1a) | |
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Agur's Autobiographical Confession (30:1b-9) | |
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Main Body: Seven Numerical Sayings (30:10-31) | |
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First Unit: Renouncing Greed (30:10-16) | |
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Second Unit: The Wisdom of Living within Boundaries (30:17-31) | |
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Conclusion: A Warning Not to Upset The Divine Order (30:32-33) | |
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Collection VII: The Sayings of Lemuel (31:1-31) | |
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Superscription (31:1) | |
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The Noble King (31:2-9) | |
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The Valiant Wife (31:10-31) | |
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Introduction (31:10-12) | |
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Body (31:13-27) | |
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Conclusion (31:28-31) | |
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Indexes | |
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Subjects | |
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Authors | |
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Scripture References | |
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Selected Hebrew Words and Phrases | |