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• Sotah 22b cautions against the "learned fool" who derives rulings from incomplete knowledge — Proverbs 3's "lean not on your own understanding" is the standing order against tactical overreach: the Sitra Achra exploits the warrior who trusts his own battlefield read over command intelligence (Torah).
• Berakhot 4a teaches that one who recites Psalm 145 three times daily is guaranteed a place in the World to Come — linking Proverbs 3's instruction to keep God "in all your ways" to the liturgical cadence that sustains continuous divine guidance during spiritual warfare.
• Ketubot 111b derives from Proverbs 3:18 ("Tree of life to those who grasp her") that Torah is the remedy for death itself — in warfare terms, the Torah is not merely a weapon but a healing protocol: every engagement with it reverses the depletion caused by the Sitra Achra's attrition.
• Taanit 7a records that Torah is like water — just as water descends from high places to low, so Torah settles in the humble spirit — Proverbs 3's "do not be wise in your own eyes" is therefore counter-intelligence: the Sitra Achra infiltrates through pride, and humility closes that access point entirely.
• Sanhedrin 91b uses Proverbs 3:34 ("He scorns the scorners but gives grace to the humble") in the proof of bodily resurrection — the chapter's promise that wisdom brings "healing to your body" is eschatological: the soul that maintained humility under Sitra Achra pressure will receive the ultimate vindication of renewed embodiment.