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Proverbs 01 General Notes
Structure and formatting
The first chapter of proverbs begins with a type of introduction in verses 1-7. It mentions Solomon, son of David. Verse 7 contains a foundational verse for the whole book. It defines wisdom.
Special concepts in this chapter
Parallelism
Proverbs are often written without any surrounding context and in two lines of text. Each line will have a certain relationship to the other line. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)