Verses 23-34
Second Division, Proverbs 24:23-Nahum : .
This section constitutes the second division of the Sayings of the Wise, as Proverbs 24:23 a indicates. It contains a short collection of sayings varying in form and character, resembling in the main those of Proverbs 22:17 to Proverbs 24:22. The greater part ( Proverbs 24:30-Nahum :) is a vivid description of the effects of slothfulness, which may be compared with the passage on the drunkard in Proverbs 23:29-Habakkuk :. Possibly both belonged to a collection containing, after the manner of Theophrastus, similar characterizations of different vices. For Proverbs 24:33 f; cf. Proverbs 6:10 f.
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