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• Yoma 9b attributes the destruction of the Second Temple to sinat chinam (baseless hatred) and teaches it has not yet been rebuilt because this sin persists — Proverbs 14:1 "a wise woman builds her house but folly tears it down with her own hands" is the Talmud's structural metaphor applied to the communal body: the Sitra Achra's primary siege engine against Israel is internecine hatred, which makes the community demolish itself.
• Berakhot 43b teaches that one should always make peace with all people, including the gentile in the marketplace — Proverbs 14's "in a multitude of people is the king's glory, but in a dearth of people is the prince's ruin" encodes the demographic-spiritual warfare principle: the Sitra Achra depopulates the holy community through conflict, scandal, and despair, each reducing the glory-field of the divine Presence.
• Avot 2:4 ("Do not trust in yourself until the day of your death") unpacks Proverbs 14:12 "there is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the ways of death" — the Talmudic warrior maintains doctrinal humility precisely because the Sitra Achra's most sophisticated deception is the route that feels righteous from the inside.
• Shabbat 55b states that truth is God's seal — Proverbs 14:25 "a true witness saves lives, but a false witness breathes lies" translates this seal imagery into legal warfare: the Sitra Achra's primary legal operation is the false witness, which it deploys both in human courts and in the heavenly court of judgment (din).
• Kiddushin 32a teaches the limits of where a father's honor may be waived — Proverbs 14's contrast between the wise child who hears a father's correction and the mocker who rejects rebuke maps onto the soul's compliance posture before divine guidance: the Sitra Achra programs the Yetzer Hara's mockery response to activate specifically against corrective wisdom input.