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Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 4.2
nan Do not grieve the one who is hungry,nor anger a man in want.
nan Observe the right time, and beware of evil;and do not bring shame on yourself.

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1. Septuagint, Tobit, 14.10-14.11 (10th cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) 14.10. Bury me properly, and your mother with me. And do not live in Nineveh any longer. See, my son, what Nadab did to Ahikar who had reared him, how he brought him from light into darkness, and with what he repaid him. But Ahikar was saved, and the other received repayment as he himself went down into the darkness. Ahikar gave alms and escaped the deathtrap which Nadab had set for him; but Nadab fell into the trap and perished. 14.11. So now, my children, consider what almsgiving accomplishes and how righteousness delivers." As he said this he died in his bed. He was a hundred and fifty-eight years old; and Tobias gave him a magnificent funeral.
2. Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomy, 15.17-15.18, 17.17 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 15.17. וְלָקַחְתָּ אֶת־הַמַּרְצֵעַ וְנָתַתָּה בְאָזְנוֹ וּבַדֶּלֶת וְהָיָה לְךָ עֶבֶד עוֹלָם וְאַף לַאֲמָתְךָ תַּעֲשֶׂה־כֵּן׃ 15.18. לֹא־יִקְשֶׁה בְעֵינֶךָ בְּשַׁלֵּחֲךָ אֹתוֹ חָפְשִׁי מֵעִמָּךְ כִּי מִשְׁנֶה שְׂכַר שָׂכִיר עֲבָדְךָ שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים וּבֵרַכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה׃ 17.17. וְלֹא יַרְבֶּה־לּוֹ נָשִׁים וְלֹא יָסוּר לְבָבוֹ וְכֶסֶף וְזָהָב לֹא יַרְבֶּה־לּוֹ מְאֹד׃ 15.17. then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door, and he shall be thy bondman for ever. And also unto thy bondwoman thou shalt do likewise." 15.18. It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years; and the LORD thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest." 17.17. Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold."
3. Hebrew Bible, Proverbs, 3.7, 3.11-3.27 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 3.7. אַל־תְּהִי חָכָם בְּעֵינֶיךָ יְרָא אֶת־יְהוָה וְסוּר מֵרָע׃ 3.11. מוּסַר יְהוָה בְּנִי אַל־תִּמְאָס וְאַל־תָּקֹץ בְּתוֹכַחְתּוֹ׃ 3.12. כִּי אֶת אֲשֶׁר יֶאֱהַב יְהוָה יוֹכִיחַ וּכְאָב אֶת־בֵּן יִרְצֶה׃ 3.13. אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם מָצָא חָכְמָה וְאָדָם יָפִיק תְּבוּנָה׃ 3.14. כִּי טוֹב סַחְרָהּ מִסְּחַר־כָּסֶף וּמֵחָרוּץ תְּבוּאָתָהּ׃ 3.15. יְקָרָה הִיא מפניים [מִפְּנִינִים] וְכָל־חֲפָצֶיךָ לֹא יִשְׁווּ־בָהּ׃ 3.16. אֹרֶךְ יָמִים בִּימִינָהּ בִּשְׂמֹאולָהּ עֹשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד׃ 3.17. דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵי־נֹעַם וְכָל־נְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ שָׁלוֹם׃ 3.18. עֵץ־חַיִּים הִיא לַמַּחֲזִיקִים בָּהּ וְתֹמְכֶיהָ מְאֻשָּׁר׃ 3.19. יְהוָה בְּחָכְמָה יָסַד־אָרֶץ כּוֹנֵן שָׁמַיִם בִּתְבוּנָה׃ 3.21. בְּנִי אַל־יָלֻזוּ מֵעֵינֶיךָ נְצֹר תֻּשִׁיָּה וּמְזִמָּה׃ 3.22. וְיִהְיוּ חַיִּים לְנַפְשֶׁךָ וְחֵן לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶיךָ׃ 3.23. אָז תֵּלֵךְ לָבֶטַח דַּרְכֶּךָ וְרַגְלְךָ לֹא תִגּוֹף׃ 3.24. אִם־תִּשְׁכַּב לֹא־תִפְחָד וְשָׁכַבְתָּ וְעָרְבָה שְׁנָתֶךָ׃ 3.25. אַל־תִּירָא מִפַּחַד פִּתְאֹם וּמִשֹּׁאַת רְשָׁעִים כִּי תָבֹא׃ 3.26. כִּי־יְהוָה יִהְיֶה בְכִסְלֶךָ וְשָׁמַר רַגְלְךָ מִלָּכֶד׃ 3.27. אַל־תִּמְנַע־טוֹב מִבְּעָלָיו בִּהְיוֹת לְאֵל ידיך [יָדְךָ] לַעֲשׂוֹת׃ 3.7. Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear the LORD, and depart from evil;" 3.11. My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, Neither spurn thou His correction;" 3.12. For whom the LORD loveth He correcteth, Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth." 3.13. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that obtaineth understanding." 3.14. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, And the gain thereof than fine gold." 3.15. She is more precious than rubies; And all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her." 3.16. Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honour." 3.17. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace." 3.18. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, And happy is every one that holdest her fast." 3.19. The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding He established the heavens." 3.20. By His knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew." 3.21. My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion;" 3.22. So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck." 3.23. Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thou shalt not dash thy foot." 3.24. When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet." 3.25. Be not afraid of sudden terror, Neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;" 3.26. For the LORD will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being caught." 3.27. Withhold not good from him to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
4. Septuagint, Tobit, 14.10-14.11 (4th cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) 14.10. Bury me properly, and your mother with me. And do not live in Nineveh any longer. See, my son, what Nadab did to Ahikar who had reared him, how he brought him from light into darkness, and with what he repaid him. But Ahikar was saved, and the other received repayment as he himself went down into the darkness. Ahikar gave alms and escaped the deathtrap which Nadab had set for him; but Nadab fell into the trap and perished. 14.11. So now, my children, consider what almsgiving accomplishes and how righteousness delivers." As he said this he died in his bed. He was a hundred and fifty-eight years old; and Tobias gave him a magnificent funeral.
5. Septuagint, 2 Maccabees, 1.35, 4.28 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) 1.35. And with those persons whom the king favored he exchanged many excellent gifts. 4.28. When Sostratus the captain of the citadel kept requesting payment, for the collection of the revenue was his responsibility, the two of them were summoned by the king on account of this issue.'
6. Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 1.30, 2.1, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.17, 5.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.14, 6.15, 6.16, 6.17, 6.26, 7.11, 7.17, 7.18, 7.19, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11, 9.12, 9.13, 9.14, 9.15, 9.16, 9.17, 9.18, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14, 10.15, 10.16, 10.17, 10.18, 10.29, 11.10, 11.12, 11.14, 11.17, 11.18, 11.19, 11.20, 11.21, 11.22, 11.23, 11.24, 11.25, 11.26, 11.27, 11.28, 12.11, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.7, 13.9, 13.10, 13.11, 13.12, 13.13, 13.15, 13.16, 13.17, 13.18, 13.19, 13.20, 13.21, 13.22, 13.23, 13.24, 14.3, 14.5, 14.16, 14.17, 16.17, 19.3, 19.4, 19.13, 19.14, 19.15, 19.16, 19.17, 19.20, 20.22, 21.2, 21.11, 22.16, 22.22, 23.6, 23.18, 24.1, 25.2, 26.14, 26.15, 27.1, 27.16, 27.17, 27.21, 29.10, 29.11, 29.12, 29.15, 31.5, 31.6, 31.7, 31.12-32.13, 31.15, 31.19, 31.20, 31.28, 31.29, 33.31, 34.6, 34.9, 34.10, 34.11, 34.12, 34.13, 34.15, 34.24, 34.25, 34.26, 34.27, 37.8, 37.9, 37.12, 37.19, 37.26, 37.27, 37.28, 38.24, 38.25, 38.31, 38.32, 38.33, 38.34, 39.1, 39.2, 39.3, 39.4, 39.5, 39.6, 39.7, 39.8, 39.9, 39.10, 39.11, 40.18, 40.25, 40.29, 41.1, 41.2, 41.3, 45.23 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
7. New Testament, Luke, 12.16-12.21 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 12.16. He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly. 12.17. He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?' 12.18. He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 12.19. I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."' 12.20. But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared -- whose will they be?' 12.21. So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
abigail	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21
anger	deSilva, Ephesians (2022) 238
animal imagery	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21
banquets	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17
compassion, conversion, significance of	deSilva, Ephesians (2022) 238
devil, the	deSilva, Ephesians (2022) 238
economic success	Mathews, Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John (2013) 69
exile, exiles	Merz and Tieleman, Ambrosiaster's Political Theology (2012) 158
fear of god	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17
friendship	Merz and Tieleman, Ambrosiaster's Political Theology (2012) 158
god	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17, 140
heart	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 140
hellenism/hellenization	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17, 140
israel/israelite	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21
jerusalem	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 140
jews	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17
justice	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21
law of moses	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17, 21
life	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17
living creature	Garcia, On Human Nature in Early Judaism: Creation, Composition, and Condition (2021) 123
negative injunction	Merz and Tieleman, Ambrosiaster's Political Theology (2012) 158
olson, daniel, ophir, gold of	Mathews, Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John (2013) 68
palestine	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 140
parallelism (stylistic feature)	Merz and Tieleman, Ambrosiaster's Political Theology (2012) 158
patriarchal society	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21
philosophy	Merz and Tieleman, Ambrosiaster's Political Theology (2012) 158
poor, the, as label	Mathews, Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John (2013) 69
poor	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17, 21, 140
pride	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 140
priesthood	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17, 140
prophets	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21
ptolemies	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 140
reproof	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21
rich, the, as dangerous	Mathews, Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John (2013) 69
rich, the, as label	Mathews, Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John (2013) 69
rich, the, as sinners	Mathews, Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John (2013) 72
rich	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17, 21, 140
rulers	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17, 140
sacrifice	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 140
sapiential (wisdom) literature	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17, 21, 140
satan	deSilva, Ephesians (2022) 238
school	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17
scribe	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17
secrets/confidences, keeping/betraying	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21
seleucids	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 140
self	Garcia, On Human Nature in Early Judaism: Creation, Composition, and Condition (2021) 123
shame	Garcia, On Human Nature in Early Judaism: Creation, Composition, and Condition (2021) 123
slave	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17
social justice/ethics	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21
soul	Garcia, On Human Nature in Early Judaism: Creation, Composition, and Condition (2021) 123
speech, imputed	Mathews, Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John (2013) 68
speech	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21
spirit	Garcia, On Human Nature in Early Judaism: Creation, Composition, and Condition (2021) 123
taxation	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 140
temple (jerusalem)	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17
temptation	Garcia, On Human Nature in Early Judaism: Creation, Composition, and Condition (2021) 123
theology, deuteronomistic	Mathews, Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John (2013) 69
tobiads	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 140
topos, rhetorical	Merz and Tieleman, Ambrosiaster's Political Theology (2012) 158
torah, faithfulness to	Mathews, Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John (2013) 68
transformation	deSilva, Ephesians (2022) 238
travel	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17
wealth, accumulation of	Mathews, Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John (2013) 69
wealth, unjust'	Mathews, Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John (2013) 72
wealth	Mathews, Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John (2013) 68, 72
wife	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21
wisdom/wise	Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 17, 21
wisdom literature, near eastern wisdom tradition	Merz and Tieleman, Ambrosiaster's Political Theology (2012) 158
woman	Garcia, On Human Nature in Early Judaism: Creation, Composition, and Condition (2021) 123