The book of Proverbs, one of the wisdom books of the Tanakh (Hebrew bible). Many of the short sayings are attributed to Solomon.
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How should graded numerical parallelism in Hebrew poetry be understood?
In Hebrew poetry, especially proverbs, we see examples of monotonically increasing numbers that set up parallels. For instance Proverbs 30:15 (NJPS):
The leech has two daughters, “Give!” and ...
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What are the proverbs about giving collateral for someone else teaching about loans?
The book of Proverbs gives serious warning about taking on a loan:
Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender. —Proverbs 22:7 (NLT)
But it seems to focus much more ...
