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A Cave 4 Hebrew fragment preserves the transition from Wisdom's warning in Proverbs 1:27–33 to the appeal to receive instruction in Proverbs 2:1.
Fourteen small late Herodian fragments preserve Proverbs 13-15, with possible pieces from chapter 7; their readings mostly support a proto-Masoretic text while exposing how little evidence can bear on large textual claims.
A fifth-century BC Aramaic papyrus from Elephantine preserves part of the story and sayings of the wise courtier Ahiqar. The manuscript documents wisdom literature in the same Persian-period world as biblical Proverbs and Job while remaining a distinct, non-Yahwistic composition.
Multiple Hebrew manuscripts preserve practical and theological instruction for a learner, combining household ethics with creation, judgment, and revealed mystery.