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Who digs a pit (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Ahiqar 04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry 04.03 Wisdom literature 04.03.06 Proverb collections 04.03.06.02 Ahiqar	Keywords ethics sayings
Period 1st century CE 4th century CE	Channel Apocrypha Iranian culture Syriac texts

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Admonitions of Ādurbād 109 (Middle Persian):
Whoever digs a pit for his opponents falls in himself.

Ahiqar (Syriac Version) 8.40:
Who digs a pit for his neighbour fills it with his (own) stature.

Tobit 14.10:
Aḥīqar gave alms and escaped the death-trap which Nadab had set for him; but Nadab fell into the trap and perished.

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Admonitions of Ādurbād 109 (Middle Persian)
Ahiqar (Syriac Version) 8.40
Tobit 14.10

Bibliography

de Blois 1984, 50

de Blois, F. “The Admonitions of Adurbad and their Relationship to the Ahiqar Legend.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1984) 41-53.

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cf. Sirach 27.26

Amar Annus

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