Whoso curseth his father and his mother,
His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. Prov. 20:20.
The connection between the two clauses may be that of comparison, cause, effect, etc. Sometimes it is not expressed, but simply implied, as in the following:
A whip for the horse,
A bridle for the ass,
And a rod for the fool's back. Prov. 26:3.
The combinations of the above forms in Hebrew poetry are exceedingly varied and graceful. Here are examples of two synonymous couplets that are antithetic to each other:
The ox knoweth his owner,
And the ass his master's crib:
Israel doth not know,