proverbs 14

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Hebrew paragraph divisions:

Pro 10:1b-19:9 {p} Contrast between wise/ foolish, righteous/ wicked, rich/ poor

There are many, many overlapping structures in Proverbs. Here is one of them from Pro 14:

Pro 14:2-27 chiastic structure:

1a) Pro 14:2, He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him;

1b.1.a) Pro 14:3, In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them;
1b.1.b) Pro 14:4, Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; but much increase comes by the strength of an ox;
1b.2.a) Pro 14:5, A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness will utter lies;
1b.2.b) Pro 14:6-18, The wise, prudent, upright contrasted with the foolish, wicked;

1a) Pro 14:6, A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands;
1b) Pro 14:7, Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge;
1c) Pro 14:8a, The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way;
1d) Pro 14:8b, But the folly of fools is deceit;
1e) Pro 14:9, Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is favor;
1f) Pro 14:10, The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not share its joy;
1g) Pro 14:11a, The house of the wicked will be overthrown;
central axis) Pro 14:11b, But the tent of the upright will flourish;
2g) Pro 14:12, There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death;
2f) Pro 14:13, Even in laughter the heart may sorrow, and the end of mirth may be grief;
2e) Pro 14:14, The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied from above;
2d) Pro 14:15a, The simple believes every word;
2c) Pro 14:15b, But the prudent considers well his steps;
2b) Peo 14:16-17 A wise man fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages and is self-confident; A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated;
2a) Pro 14:18, The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge;

1c) Pro 14:19, The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous;

1d) Pro 14:20a, The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor;

central axis) Pro 14:20b, But the rich has many friends;

2d) Pro 14:21, He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he;

2c) Pro 14:22, Do they not go astray who devise evil? But mercy + truth belong to those who devise good;

2b.1.b) Pro 14:23a, In all labor there is profit;
2b.1.a) Pro 14:23b, But idle chatter leads only to poverty;
2b.2.b) Pro 14:24, The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly;
2b.2.a) Pro 14:25, A true witness delivers souls, but a deceitful witness speaks lies;

2a) Pro 14:26-27, In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge; The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.