Want to create interactive content? It’s easy in Genially!
The proverb form
suzanna.millar
Created on January 22, 2023
Over 30 million people create interactive content in Genially
Check out what others have designed:
Transcript
The lips of the righteous feed many, but…
The wage of the righteous leads to life, but…
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but…
The wise of heart will receive commandments, but…
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but…
Below are the first lines of 5 proverbs taken from Proverbs 10. Start by imagining what the second line of these proverbs might be, given what you have learnt about antithetical parallelism:
a babbling fool will come to ruin
fools die for lack of sense
the gain of the wicked to sin
he who makes his ways crooked will be found out
righteousness delivers from death
The lips of the righteous feed many, but…
The wage of the righteous leads to life, but…
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but…
The wise of heart will receive commandments, but…
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but…
Now try to match up the first lines with the correct second lines
a babbling fool will come to ruin
fools die for lack of sense
the gain of the wicked to sin
he who makes his ways crooked will be found out
righteousness delivers from death
Finally consider the full proverbs. How does our reading of one line change in light of its parallel?
The lips of the righteous feed many, but…
The wage of the righteous leads to life, but…
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but…
The wise of heart will receive commandments, but…
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but…