[12] We may remind ourselves that, according to the most probable conjecture, this introduction to Solomon's Proverbs (chaps, i.-ix.) dates from the reign of Josiah (640-609 b.c.).
[13] Isa. i. 15.
[14] Isa. lix. 7.
[15] Micah iii. 10.
[16] Jer. ii. 34.
[17] Jer. xxii. 17.
[18] Prov. i. 14. Compare the proverb, xvi. 29, "A man of violence enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him in a way that is not good."
[19] Prov. ix. 13-18.
[20] Prov. v. 12-14.
[21] Prov. vi. 32 and v. 22.