# 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/jit/figs-parallelism]])

## Links:

* __[Proverbs 01:01 Notes](./01.md)__
* __[Proverbs intro](../front/intro.md)__

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