But he omitted to notice the repetition in xxvii. 21, where we find the profound sentence which the Jahvist had reduced to commonplace:
The fining-pot for silver and the furnace for gold,
And a man is proved by that which he praiseth.
The Jahvist spirit is also discoverable in xx. 22:
Solomon—Say not “I will retaliate evil”;
Jahvist—Wait for Jahveh and he will save thee.
Also in xxv. 21–2:
Solomon—If he that hateth thee be hungry, give him bread to eat,
If he be athirst give him water to drink.
Jahvist—For thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head,