7 He filled them with the knowledge of wisdom, and showed them good and evil. (WEB)
Sirach 17:7
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Sirach 17:10–12
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Wisdom of Solomon 9:17–18
17 Who gained knowledge of your counsel, unless you gave wisdom, and sent your holy spirit from on high? (WEB) 18 It was thus that the ways of those who are on earth were corrected, and men were taught the things that are pleasing to you. They were saved through wisdom.” (WEB)
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Sirach 17:2–4
2 He gave them days by number, and a set time, and gave them authority over the things that are on it. (WEB) 3 He endowed them with strength proper to them, and made them according to his own image. (WEB) 4 He put the fear of man upon all flesh, and gave him dominion over beasts… (WEB)
1 Clement 39:5–7
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Wisdom of Solomon 7:16–18
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Epistle to Diognetus 12:2–4
2 For in this garden a tree of knowledge and a tree of life hath been planted; yet the tree of knowledge does not kill, but disobedience kills; (DIO) 3 for the scriptures state clearly how God from the beginning planted a tree [of knowledge and a tree] of life in the mi… (DIO)
Wisdom of Solomon 10:1–3
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