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7 Examples of Antithesis in the Bible. #1. Proverbs 15:1. “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” In this verse, the contrast between a gentle answer and a harsh word highlights the power of kindness in diffusing conflict. #2. Matthew 6:24. “No one can serve two masters.
4 Ιαν 2022 · A major literary device in Hebrew poetry is parallelism. Often, the parallelism is synonymous —the same idea is restated in different words, side by side (see Psalm 40:13). Antithetical parallelism provides an antithesis, or contrast.
22 Ιουν 2023 · Antithetical parallelism occurs when two cola are set parallel, but the second colon provides a contrast to the first. This type of parallelism features prominently in wisdom literature, as a way to provide contrast between the wise and the foolish. Consider the examples below.
The antithetical parallelisms of the Book of Mormon, like their bibli-cal counterparts, contain rich and varied antonyms.5 In this first example, swift and slow stand in contrast, as do the expressions to do iniquity and to remember the Lord your God: Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lord your God. (1 Nephi 17:45)
26 Μαρ 2020 · The examples we’ve used in this article all come from poetic books such as Psalm, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes, but do we see this literary device implemented elsewhere in the Bible? We can also see examples in Job, “So prosperous will your future be” ( Job 8:7 ).
Hebrew poetry such as that used in various books of the Old Testament books like Proverbs and Psalms uses several forms of parallelism, including synonymous parallelism, antithetical parallelism, synthetic parallelism, and emblematic parallelism. Antithetical parallelism is what we discuss here.
23 Οκτ 2023 · The present work seeks to focus on the phenomenon of antithesis per se, and to examine its role in representative examples of various biblical genres: "epic," "psalmic," "prophetic," and "didactic" literature.
