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Hebrew Bible, Proverbs, 17.16
לָמָּה־זֶּה מְחִיר בְּיַד־כְּסִיל לִקְנוֹת חָכְמָה וְלֶב־אָיִן׃ Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool To buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?

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1. Hebrew Bible, Proverbs, 1.5, 4.5-4.9, 7.15, 8.17, 8.35, 15.32, 16.16, 18.15, 19.8, 23.23 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 1.5. יִשְׁמַע חָכָם וְיוֹסֶף לֶקַח וְנָבוֹן תַּחְבֻּלוֹת יִקְנֶה׃ 4.5. קְנֵה חָכְמָה קְנֵה בִינָה אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח וְאַל־תֵּט מֵאִמְרֵי־פִי׃ 4.6. אַל־תַּעַזְבֶהָ וְתִשְׁמְרֶךָּ אֱהָבֶהָ וְתִצְּרֶךָּ׃ 4.7. רֵאשִׁית חָכְמָה קְנֵה חָכְמָה וּבְכָל־קִנְיָנְךָ קְנֵה בִינָה׃ 4.8. סַלְסְלֶהָ וּתְרוֹמְמֶךָּ תְּכַבֵּדְךָ כִּי תְחַבְּקֶנָּה׃ 4.9. תִּתֵּן לְרֹאשְׁךָ לִוְיַת־חֵן עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת תְּמַגְּנֶךָּ׃ 7.15. עַל־כֵּן יָצָאתִי לִקְרָאתֶךָ לְשַׁחֵר פָּנֶיךָ וָאֶמְצָאֶךָּ׃ 8.17. אֲנִי אהביה [אֹהֲבַי] אֵהָב וּמְשַׁחֲרַי יִמְצָאֻנְנִי׃ 8.35. כִּי מֹצְאִי מצאי [מָצָא] חַיִּים וַיָּפֶק רָצוֹן מֵיְהוָה׃ 15.32. פּוֹרֵעַ מוּסָר מוֹאֵס נַפְשׁוֹ וְשׁוֹמֵעַ תּוֹכַחַת קוֹנֶה לֵּב׃ 16.16. קְנֹה־חָכְמָה מַה־טּוֹב מֵחָרוּץ וּקְנוֹת בִּינָה נִבְחָר מִכָּסֶף׃ 18.15. לֵב נָבוֹן יִקְנֶה־דָּעַת וְאֹזֶן חֲכָמִים תְּבַקֶּשׁ־דָּעַת׃ 19.8. קֹנֶה־לֵּב אֹהֵב נַפְשׁוֹ שֹׁמֵר תְּבוּנָה לִמְצֹא־טוֹב׃ 23.23. אֱמֶת קְנֵה וְאַל־תִּמְכֹּר חָכְמָה וּמוּסָר וּבִינָה׃ 1.5. That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, And the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;" 4.5. Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;" 4.6. Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee." 4.7. The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding." 4.8. Extol her, and she will exalt thee; She will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her." 4.9. She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of glory will she bestow on thee.’" 7.15. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, To seek thy face, and I have found thee." 8.17. I love them that love me, And those that seek me earnestly shall find me." 8.35. For whoso findeth me findeth life, And obtaineth favour of the LORD." 15.32. He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding." 16.16. How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver." 18.15. The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge." 19.8. He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul; He that keepeth understanding shall find good." 23.23. Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding."
2. Anon., Testament of Levi, 13.1, 13.9 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) 13.1. And now, my children, I command you: Fear the Lord your God with your whole heart, And walk in simplicity according to all His law. 13.9. Whosoever teaches noble things and does them, Shall be enthroned with kings, As was also Joseph my brother.
3. Dead Sea Scrolls, Aramaic Levi Document, 13.10 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)
4. Dead Sea Scrolls, Ben Sira, 51.23-51.25 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)
5. Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 51.23-51.25 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) 51.23. Draw near to me, you who are untaught,and lodge in my school. 51.24. Why do you say you are lacking in these things,and why are your souls very thirsty? 51.25. I opened my mouth and said,Get these things for yourselves without money.

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
aphrodite	Nissinen and Uro (2008), Sacred Marriages: The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity, 245
bible (hebrew bible and/or new testament)	Damm (2018), Religions and Education in Antiquity, 39
drawnel,h.	Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 43
education,pedagogy	Damm (2018), Religions and Education in Antiquity, 39
ethical education,in book of proverbs	Damm (2018), Religions and Education in Antiquity, 39
ethical education,judaism	Damm (2018), Religions and Education in Antiquity, 39
judaism	Damm (2018), Religions and Education in Antiquity, 39
love	Nissinen and Uro (2008), Sacred Marriages: The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity, 245
progeny	Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 43
prophets,jewish,educational methods in	Damm (2018), Religions and Education in Antiquity, 39
prophets,jewish,proverb genre in	Damm (2018), Religions and Education in Antiquity, 39
prophets,jewish,proverbs,book of	Damm (2018), Religions and Education in Antiquity, 39
testament of levi	Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 43
torah	Damm (2018), Religions and Education in Antiquity, 39
treasure	Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 43
wealth	Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 43
wisdom,as treasure	Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 43
wisdom,hidden	Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 43
wisdom,wisdom literature,educational method'	Damm (2018), Religions and Education in Antiquity, 39
wisdom,wisdom literature	Damm (2018), Religions and Education in Antiquity, 39
wisdom (female)	Nissinen and Uro (2008), Sacred Marriages: The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity, 245