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• Chagigah 3b teaches that words of Torah are like fire — fire cannot become impure, and one who touches it is cleansed — Proverbs 4's "guard the path of righteousness" maps onto the principle that constant contact with Torah creates a self-cleaning field that the Sitra Achra cannot permanently contaminate.
• Avot 2:1 ("Which is the straight path a person should choose? One that is honorable to him and brings honor from others") elaborates Proverbs 4's two-path model: the path of the Tzaddikim grows brighter toward full noon while the path of the Resha'im — the Sitra Achra's operational zone — deepens into a darkness where its agents stumble even over their own successes.
• Kiddushin 29b lists the father's obligation to teach his son Torah, a trade, and to swim — Proverbs 4's father-to-son transmission of wisdom is warfare apprenticeship: the craft of staying afloat in hostile waters (swimming) parallels navigating the Sitra Achra's currents of temptation without drowning.
• Shabbat 55a states that the seal of the Holy One is truth (emet) — Proverbs 4's "do not let truth depart from your mouth" is therefore a tactical imperative: abandoning truth breaks the seal that marks the soul as operating under divine authority and exposes it to enemy interception.
• Nedarim 32a says that the Angel of Death was given permission over the wicked and not the righteous, yet the righteous fall among the wicked — Proverbs 4's warning to avoid the path of the wicked acknowledges this collateral-damage reality and commands active avoidance rather than passive good intentions.