11:2 When the arrogant come then insult comes (too), while wisdom is with the modest. Literally, “Arrogance came and insult came …,” in the narrative past tense (wayyiqtol). The first line rhymes and has an internal rhythm, with two stresses balanced by two stresses: BAʾ zadON wayyaBOʾ qalON. The line has the ring of a popular adage. R. Alter speaks of “narrative vignettes in which some minimally etched plot enacts the consequences of a moral principle” (1985: 169). He explains that “[t]he predominant