a center around which the matching ideas revolve. It can be diagrammed as A, B, C, X, C′, B′, A′. This structure can be likened to throwing a rock into a pond and watching the waves ripple out from the center. The pivot, the place where the “rock” hits, contains the most important idea around which the others revolve. The preamble of the Book of Proverbs pivots on “doing what is right”: A Comprehensive, intellectual values: To know wisdom and instruction 2a B Literary expression of wisdom to understand
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