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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 | |