Proverbs 26 Chapter Introduction

Structure and Formatting

6. Hezekiah’s proverbs from Solomon ([25:1–29:27](../25/01.md)) * Warnings and admonitions ([25:1–27:27](../25/01.md)) * Contrastive wise sayings ([28:1–29:27](../28/01.md))Chapter 26 continues the section of the book containing proverbs written by Solomon that were copied by scribes during the reign of Hezekiah. This section contains two parts, the first part in [25:1](../25/01.md)–[27:27](../27/27.md) mostly contains proverbs that warn or admonish.

Translation Issues in This Chapter

Parallelism

Chapters 25–27 mostly contain proverbs in which the second of two parallel clauses completes, emphasizes, or qualifies the idea of the first clause. Chapter 26 contains only this type of parallelism. (See: figs-parallelism)

Similes

Solomon uses many different similes in this chapter to warn his readers against acting unwisely. (See: figs-simile)