The book is an anthology made up of six discrete units. The phrase conventionally used for the title is taken from chapter 1:1, mishley shelomoh, Proverbs of Solomon (the phrase is repeated at 10:1 and 25:1), is likely more concerned with labeling the material than ascribing authorship. It is impossible to offer precise dates for the sayings in Proverbs, a "collection of collections" relating to a pattern of life which lasted for more than a millennium. Chapter 30:1–4, the "sayings of Agur", introduces creation, divine power, and human ignorance. Chapters 25–29, attributed to the editorial activity of "the men of Hezekiah", contrast the just and the wicked and broach the topic of rich and poor. An additional section of sayings which "also belong to the wise" follows in verses 24:23-34.
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Verse 22:17 opens ‘the words of the wise’, until verse 24:22, with short moral discourses on various subjects. Proverbs 10:1–22:16, with 375 sayings, consists of two parts, the first part (10–14) contrasting the wise man and the fool (or the righteous and the wicked), the second (15–22:16) addressing wise and foolish speech. Verses 1:1-7 constitute an introduction to the whole of this section.
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The first section ( chapters 1–9) consists of an initial invitation to young men to take up the course of wisdom, ten "instructions", and five poems on personified Woman Wisdom. These include "instructions" formulated as advice from a teacher or parent addressed to a student or child, dramatic personifications of both Wisdom and Folly, and the "words of the wise" sayings, longer than the Solomonic "sayings" but shorter and more diverse than the "instructions". Thus, while roughly half the book is made up of "sayings" of this type, the other half is made up of longer poetic units of various types. "Proverb" is a translation of the Hebrew word mashal, but "mashal" has a wider range of meanings than the short catchy saying implied by the English word. Proverbs 31:10–31: the ideal wise woman (elsewhere called the "woman of substance").Proverbs 31:1–9: "The Words of King Lemuel of Massa, Which his Mother Taught Him".Proverbs 25–29: "These are Other Proverbs of Solomon that the Officials of King Hezekiah of Judah Copied".Proverbs 24:23–34: "These Also are Sayings of the Wise".
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