4 I answered, “Drink your fill of understanding then, O my soul, and let my heart devour wisdom. (WEB)
2 Esdras 8:4
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2 Esdras 14:39–41
39 Then opened I my mouth, and behold, a full cup was handed to me. It was full of something like water, but its color was like fire. (WEB) 40 I took it, and drank. When I had drunk it, my heart uttered understanding, and wisdom grew in my chest, for my spirit retained it… (WEB)
Psalms 49:2–4
2 both low and high, rich and poor alike. 3 My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding. 4 I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
Proverbs 7:3–5
3 Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman, 5 that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
Odes of Solomon 11:6–8
6 And speaking waters touched my lips from the fountain of the Lord plenteously: (ODE) 7 And I drank and was inebriated with the living water that doth not die; (ODE) 8 And my inebriation was not one without knowledge, but I forsook vanity and turned to the Most High my God, (ODE)
Wisdom of Solomon 7:6–8
6 but all men have one entrance into life, and a common departure. (WEB) 7 For this cause I prayed, and understanding was given to me. I asked, and a spirit of wisdom came to me. (WEB) 8 I preferred her before sceptres and thrones. I considered riches nothing in comparison to he… (WEB)
2 Esdras 4:21–23
21 For just as the ground is given to the wood, and the sea to its waves, even so those who dwell upon the earth may understand nothing but what is upon the earth. Only he who dwells above the heavens understands the things that are above the height of the heave… (WEB)
Sirach 51:16–18
16 I inclined my ear a little, and received her, and found for myself much instruction. (WEB) 17 I profited in her. I will give glory to him who gives me wisdom. (WEB) 18 For I determined to practice her. I was zealous for that which is good. I will never be put to shame. (WEB)
1 Clement 57:2–4
2 Learn to submit yourselves, laying aside the arrogant and proud stubbornness of your tongue. For it is better for you to be found little in the flock of Christ and to have your name on God's roll, than to be had in exceeding honor and yet be cast out from the… (1CL)
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