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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Ahiqar

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Ahiqar. The Story of Ahikar. c. 500 BC.

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Ahiqar. The Story of Ahikar, translated by Herbert Lindenberger. The John Hopkins Near Eastern Studies, 1983.

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Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job

Job 1:21

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 1:21).

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With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

Job

Job 12:12

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 12:12).

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To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Sun Tzu

The Art of War

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Sun Tzu. 孫子兵法 [The Art of War]. c. 475 BC, ch. 3.

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Sun Tzu. The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Life, translated by John Minford. Penguin Classics, 2009, ch. 3.

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Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

Job 37:5

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 37:5).

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Canst thou by searching find out God?

Job 11:7

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 11:7).

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Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Eliphaz

Job 5:7

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 5:7).

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For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth; And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God.

Job

Job 19:25-26 KJV

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The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Job 19:25-26).

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Lead me from the unreal to the real!
Lead me from the darkness to light!
Lead me from death to immortality!

The Upanishads

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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. (1.3.28).

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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (with the Commentary of Sankaracarya), translated by Swami Madhavananda. Advaita Ashrama, 2008 (1.3.28).

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Curse God, and die.

Job 2:9

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 2:9).

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But where shall wisdom be found?

Job

Job 28:12

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 28:12).

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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

God

Job 38:4

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 38:4).

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Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Job

Job 42:6

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 42:6).

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So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning.

Job 42:12

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I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Job

Job 40:4

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Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Job

Job 14:1-2 KJV

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 14:1-2).

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Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?

Job

Job 2:10

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Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

Job 34:10

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All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, nor abused, not tormented, nor driven away. This is the pure, unchangeable, eternal law.

Jaina Sutras

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The Akaranga Sutra. c. 4th century BC, lecture 4, lesson 1.

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Jaina Sutras, part 1, translated by Herman Jacobi. Gyan Publishing House, 2021, Akaranga sutra, lecture 4, lesson 1.