He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: 
  The Lord shall have them in derision.  Psa. 2:4.

  For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous: 
  With favor wilt thou compass him as with a shield.  Psa. 5:12.

  Perish the day wherein I was born;
  And the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 
  Job 3:3.

  Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom: 
  Give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.  Isa. 1:10.

In the following example we have a compound synonymous couplet: 

  Give them according to their deeds,
  According to the wickedness of their endeavors: 
  Give them after the work of their hands,
  Render to them their desert.  Psa. 28:4

Sometimes three or more parallel clauses occur, thus: 

  When your fear cometh as desolation,
  And your destruction cometh as a whirlwind;
  When distress and anguish cometh upon you.  Prov. 1:27.

  Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;
  Who healeth all thy diseases;
  Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;
  Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;
  Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things;
  Thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.  Psa. 103:3-5.

In the preceding example, synonymous parallelism passes into simple enumeration.  So often with a succession of short clauses, or shorter and longer clauses, where the poetry of the Hebrews assumes the freedom of prose, thus: 

  Who hath woe? 
  Who hath sorrow? 
  Who hath contentions? 
  Who hath babbling? 
  Who hath wounds without cause? 
  Who hath redness of eyes?  Prov. 23:39.

  A sinful nation;
  A people laden with iniquity;
  A seed of evil-doers;
  Corrupt children: 
  They have forsaken the Lord;
  They have despised the Holy One of Israel;
  They have gone away backward.  Isa. 1:4.

The parallel clauses are frequently introduced or followed by a single clause, thus: 

  Blessed is the man
  Who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly;
  And standeth not in the way of sinners;
  And sitteth not in the seat of scorners.  Psa. 1:1.

  Hear, O heavens;
  Give ear, O earth;
  For the Lord hath spoken.  Isa. 1:2.

The third form of parallelism is called synthetic (Greek synthesis, a putting together), where one clause is necessary to complete the sense of the other, as in the following examples: 

  Better is a dinner of herbs where love is,
  Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.  Prov. 15:16.

  Every way of a man is right in his own eyes;
  But the Lord pondereth the hearts.  Prov. 21:2.

  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: