“It is clear that the plague of envy is not a companion of wisdom, because through the envy of the Devil, death entered into the whole world, and through the wisdom of God the human race was rescued from the snare of death.”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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23Neither will I go with consuming envy; for such a man shall have no fellowship with wisdom.
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21If your delight be then in thrones and sceptres, O ye kings of the people, honour wisdom, that ye may reign for evermore.
22As for wisdom, what she is, and how she came up, I will tell you, and will not hide mysteries from you: but will seek her out from the beginning of her nativity, and bring the knowledge of her into light, and will not pass over the truth.
— Wisdom of Solomon 6:23 —
24But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world: and a wise king is the upholding of the people.
25Receive therefore instruction through my words, and it shall do you good.