A proverb is wise; it belongs to many people; it is ingenious in form and idea; and it was first invented by an individual and applied by him to a particular situation.14 All proverbs are wisdom, but not all wisdom is proverbial. The book of Proverbs is a unique genre in this light, as narratives can be historical, fictional, or didactic, for example, but the short sayings of proverbs are native to wisdom literature. That said, wisdom is also found in other
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