These examples show how Chiastic Parallelism functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
sheds blood / by man blood shed
The wording forms an inverted relation around human life and judgment.
Source: Draft analytic classification; verify before final publication — Wave 11 Hebrew poetry and wisdom forms
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snare broken / escaped
The clause order reflects capture and release in compact inverted movement.
Source: Draft analytic classification; verify before final publication — Wave 11 Hebrew poetry and wisdom forms
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dogs / pigs / pearls / trampling / turning
The proverb has an inverted and interwoven arrangement of unworthy recipients and holy things.
Source: Draft analytic classification; verify before final publication — Wave 11 Hebrew poetry and wisdom forms
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Sabbath made for man / not man for Sabbath
The statement reverses the terms to clarify purpose.
Source: Draft analytic classification; verify before final publication — Wave 11 Hebrew poetry and wisdom forms
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exalts humbled / humbles exalted
The saying reverses the terms to express divine reversal.
Source: Draft analytic classification; verify before final publication — Wave 11 Hebrew poetry and wisdom forms
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heart / ears / eyes / eyes / ears / heart
The order of faculties and response forms an inverted pattern.
Source: Draft analytic classification; verify before final publication — Wave 11 Hebrew poetry and wisdom forms
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known in Judah / name great in Israel
The paired terms correspond in compact inverted national emphasis.
Source: Draft analytic classification; verify before final publication — Wave 11 Hebrew poetry and wisdom forms
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born of God / seed abides / cannot sin / born of God
The verse frames the ethical claim with birth-from-God language.
Source: Draft analytic classification; verify before final publication — Wave 11 Hebrew poetry and wisdom forms
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to live Christ / to die gain
The balanced terms form a compact life-death correspondence.
Source: Draft analytic classification; verify before final publication — Wave 11 Hebrew poetry and wisdom forms
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last first / first last
The saying uses reversal structure to teach kingdom reversal.
Source: Draft analytic classification; verify before final publication — Wave 11 Hebrew poetry and wisdom forms
Review status: draft-normalized | Verify against final site Bible text stream and Hebrew/Greek context before live publication.
