# THE CHEAT SHEET — themes × traditions (any bot + this map = the expert)
# drill: theme row → toc/<work>.md → cards/<work>.jsonl → chunks/<work>/<addr>.txt

## FAITH — SPLIT: Scripture is unanimous that faith saves — the KJV demands trust in the Lord, the Qur'an submission to the one God, the Gita devotion to Krishna — but Bierce defines faith as belief without evidence, Twain plays it for laughs, and Thoreau, Whitman, and Dickinson trade creedal faith for a private, improvised trust in self and nature.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:6,the-old-testament-of-the:7,the-old-testament-of-the:8,the-old-testament-of-the:9 · quran=sura1-xcvi-thick-blood-or-cla,sura1-xcvi-thick-blood-or-clb,sura-lxxiv-the-enwrapped1-ii,sura-lxxiii-the-enfolded1-ii · gita=book-10,book-12,book-13,book-14 · devils=r-reasonb · walden=p4 · leaves=p4,p98,p102,p103 · dickinson=p5,p9,p13,p21 · twain=ch3,ch10,ch13,ch35

## POWER — SPLIT: Scripture (KJV, Quran) says all power is God's and He topples the proud; the sages (Tao, Aurelius, Walden) locate true power in self-mastery and yielding rather than force; the satirists (Bierce, Twain) and Whitman counter that power in
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:11,the-old-testament-of-the:27a,the-old-testament-of-the:27b,the-old-testament-of-the:34 · quran=sura-cxi-abu-lahab-xi,sura-cviii-the-abundance-xii,sura-cv-the-elephant-xix,sura-xxvi-the-poets1-lvia · tao=2,3,62,68b · aurelius=p2 · devils=a-abasementa,a-abasementb,a-acknowledge,a-alone · walden=p26,p42,p81,p118 · leaves=p48,p49,p60,p71 · twain=ch2,ch3,ch8,ch12

## JUSTICE — SPLIT: Scripture (KJV, Quran) holds justice is divinely commanded and enforced — woe to those who wrong the orphan and poor — while Bierce calls it a commodity the state sells, Twain shows courts and mobs botching it, and Thoreau and Whitman relocate it from institutions to the individual conscience.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:9,the-old-testament-of-the:11,the-old-testament-of-the:14,the-old-testament-of-the:18 · quran=sura-cvii-religion-xiv,sura-lxviii-the-pen-xvii,sura-xc-the-soil-xviii,sura-cv-the-elephant-xix · devils=a-abasementb,a-asperseb,j-justicea,j-justiceb · walden=p62,p117,p118,p119 · leaves=p26,p85 · twain=ch2,ch12,ch21,ch23

## THE-GOLDEN-RULE — SPLIT: Scripture (kjv, quran), the sages (tao, aurelius), and the poets (walden, leaves) all affirm treating others as yourself, but the satirists (devils, twain) insist humanity preaches the rule chiefly while breaking it.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:1,the-old-testament-of-the:2,the-old-testament-of-the:4,the-old-testament-of-the:6 · quran=sura-lxxiv-the-enwrapped1-ii,sura-i-1-viii,sura-cvii-religion-xiv,sura-xcii-the-night-xvi · tao=44,5,54,3 · aurelius=p10,p19,p35,p49 · devils=c-criticb,r-rumorb,t-turkeyb · walden=p18,p26,p27,p36 · leaves=p3,p6,p7,p13 · twain=ch1,ch10,ch11,ch12

## 
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:2,the-old-testament-of-the:5,the-old-testament-of-the:25,the-old-testament-of-the:27b · quran=sura1-xcvi-thick-blood-or-cla,sura-lxxiii-the-enfolded1-ii,sura-cxiv-men-vii,sura-lxxxvi-the-night-comer- · gita=book-1,book-2,book-3,book-4 · tao=3,6,12,20 · aurelius=p3,p4,p5,p6 · devils=a-abasementa,a-abasementb,a-acknowledge,b-benefactorb · walden=p1,p2,p3,p7 · leaves=p1,p2,p4,p5 · dickinson=p1,p2,p4,p7 · twain=ch5,ch8,ch17,ch19

## TRUTH — SPLIT: The scriptures (KJV, Quran, Gita) claim truth is revealed from above and final; the Tao warns the truth that can be spoken isn't it; Aurelius and Thoreau say seek it inward through reason and plain living; Dickinson says tell it slant lest it blind; and Bierce and Twain report that in practice humans mostly lie about it.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:20,these-are-the-words-whic:24,these-are-the-words-whic:27,these-are-the-words-whic:34 · quran=sura1-xcvi-thick-blood-or-clb,sura-i-1-viii,sura-cix-unbelievers-ix,sura-xci-the-sun-xxiii · gita=book-8,book-24 · tao=20,2b,3 · aurelius=p8,p18,p24,p28 · devils=a-abasementa,a-acknowledge,a-alone,a-aspersea · walden=p5,p8,p16,p17 · leaves=p43,p49,p58,p86 · dickinson=p22 · twain=ch7,ch10,ch20,ch22

## DEATH — SPLIT: All agree it comes for everyone, but the KJV says dust returns to dust, the Quran promises resurrection and judgment, the Gita denies the soul dies at all, Aurelius calls it nature's indifferent process to be accepted, Whitman and Thoreau greet it as renewal, Dickinson courts it as an intimate stranger, and Bierce and Twain just laugh at our pretenses about it — inevitability is consensus; what follows is anyone's scripture.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:3,the-old-testament-of-the:5,the-old-testament-of-the:7,the-old-testament-of-the:23 · quran=sura-cii-desire-xv,sura-lxxxvi-the-night-comer-,sura-lxxx-he-frowned-xxiv,sura-ci-the-blow-xxix · gita=book-3,book-11,book-15 · aurelius=p5,p6,p11,p12 · devils=b-benefactorb,c-camela,e-emotionb,f-forkb · walden=p92,p97 · leaves=p5,p8,p18,p19 · dickinson=p3,p6,p7,p8 · twain=ch3,ch16,ch23,ch26

## SUFFERING — SPLIT: Scripture (Job's trials, the Quran's "with hardship comes ease") and Aurelius call it purposeful or a matter of judgment to be endured, the Tao says stop craving
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:4,the-old-testament-of-the:6,the-old-testament-of-the:16,the-lord-god-of-your-fat:5 · quran=sura-lxxiv-the-enwrapped1-ii,sura-xciii-1-the-brightness-,sura-xciv-the-opening-v,sura-lxviii-the-pen-xvii · tao=44 · aurelius=p21,p38,p43,p59 · devils=a-asperseb,b-benefactorb,g-goodc · walden=p2 · leaves=p18,p19,p68,p77 · dickinson=p2,p3,p9,p10 · twain=ch5,ch16,ch32,ch72

## HUMILITY — SPLIT: Scripture (KJV, Quran), the Tao (the low valley, the uncarved block), and Aurelius all command lowering the self before something greater, but the Americans dissent — Whitman celebrates himself, Thoreau humbles himself only before nature, and Twain and Bierce suspect professed humility is mostly performance.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:18,the-old-testament-of-the:23,the-old-testament-of-the:33,the-lord-god-of-your-fat:18 · quran=sura1-xcvi-thick-blood-or-cla,sura-xciii-1-the-brightness-,sura-lxxx-he-frowned-xxiv,sura-xxiii-the-believers-lxia · tao=6,28,2a,2 · aurelius=p1,p4,p7,p9 · devils=t-turkeya · walden=p5,p15,p17,p26 · leaves=p10 · dickinson=p17,p24 · twain=ch1,ch8,ch9,ch11

## **IMPERMANENCE — CONSENSUS:** From Isaiah's withering grass to the Qur'an's perishing world, Krishna's changing forms, the Tao's flux, Marcus's dissolving substance, and Whitman's grass over graves, all traditions agree that everything passes — they differ only on whether the remedy is God, detachment, or nothing at all.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:17,the-old-testament-of-the:41b,the-pure-candlestick-wit:12,the-pure-candlestick-wit:13b · quran=sura-civ-the-backbiter-xii,sura-xcvii-power-xxi,sura-lxxxvii-the-most-high-x,sura-lxxv-the-resurrection-x · gita=book-3,book-18 · tao=12,21,2a,40 · aurelius=p2,p12,p13,p15 · devils=i-infidelc · walden=p4,p27,p43,p63 · leaves=p1,p2,p41,p51 · dickinson=p6,p7,p8,p15 · twain=ch14,ch15,ch17,ch18

## NATURE — SPLIT: Scripture (KJV,
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:1,the-old-testament-of-the:8,then-i-will-establish-th:18b,the-words-of-job-are-end:38 · quran=sura-xxv-al-furkan-lxvib,sura-xxx-the-greeks-lxxiva,sura-xiii-thunder-xca · gita=book-24 · tao=6,40,5,54 · aurelius=p3,p10,p13,p19 · devils=o-outdoa · walden=p9,p14,p15,p28 · leaves=p7,p9,p10,p14 · dickinson=p1,p4,p5,p14 · twain=ch26,ch27,ch28,ch31

## DOUBT — SPLIT: Scripture (KJV, Quran) condemns doubt as faithlessness deserving punishment, while Bierce, Thoreau, Whitman, Dickinson, and Twain treat it as the honest beginning of thought — the pious call it sin; the freethinkers call it sanity.
   kjv=the-lord-god-of-your-fat:4,the-lord-god-of-your-fat:17,the-pure-candlestick-wit:13,the-pure-candlestick-wit:14a · quran=sura1-xcvi-thick-blood-or-clb,sura-cxiv-men-vii,sura-cxi-abu-lahab-xi,sura1-liii-the-star-xlvia · devils=f-forkb,h-hostilitya,i-immodestb,i-immodestc · walden=p3 · leaves=p31 · dickinson=p11 · twain=ch20,ch26,ch35,ch36

## WEALTH — SPLIT: the Hebrew scriptures often treat riches as God's blessing on the righteous, while the Quran damns hoarders outright, Aurelius shrugs at wealth as indifferent, Thoreau calls it a trap of the soul, and Bierce and Twain agree only that it makes liars of everyone.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:13,the-old-testament-of-the:14,the-old-testament-of-the:26,the-old-testament-of-the:30 · quran=sura-cxi-abu-lahab-xi,sura-civ-the-backbiter-xii,sura-cii-desire-xv,sura-xcii-the-night-xvi · aurelius=p71 · devils=c-commerce,i-immodestb,i-infidelb,j-justicea · walden=p1,p5,p7,p10 · twain=ch15,ch21,ch25,ch34

## FREEDOM — SPLIT: The scriptures make it a gift from God (KJV's deliverance from bondage, the Quran's "to you your religion, to me mine"), the sages make it an inner achievement (Gita
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:2,the-old-testament-of-the:3,the-lord-god-of-your-fat:3,the-lord-god-of-your-fat:5 · quran=sura-cix-unbelievers-ix,sura-xxix-the-spider-lxxxic,sura-iii-the-family-of-imrani · gita=book-19 · aurelius=p29,p44,p49,p61 · devils=f-forka · walden=p2,p3,p6,p10 · leaves=p2,p3,p6,p16 · dickinson=p26 · twain=ch2,ch6,ch13,ch63

## DESIRE — SPLIT: The Gita, Tao, Aurelius, and Quran warn that craving enslaves and must be renounced, and the KJV and Thoreau counsel restraint, while Whitman, Dickinson, and Twain treat longing as the very engine of life; Bierce mocks both camps.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:4,the-old-testament-of-the:19,the-old-testament-of-the:25,the-old-testament-of-the:29 · quran=sura-cii-desire-xv,sura-c-the-chargers-xxxiv,sura-lxx-the-steps-or-ascent,sura-xx-1-ta-ha-lvc · gita=book-1,book-2,book-4,book-5 · tao=3,2,20,44 · aurelius=p6,p15,p49 · devils=c-critica,d-doga,e-emotiona,i-immodestc · walden=p4,p9,p21,p33 · leaves=p15,p24,p28,p29 · dickinson=p12,p13,p14,p23 · twain=ch6,ch7,ch9,ch14

## WORK — SPLIT: The KJV casts labor as a curse of the fall while the Quran and Gita redeem it (ease follows hardship; act without craving the fruits), Aurelius and Whitman honor toil as human nature's calling, but Thoreau and Twain dissent—one calling most work quiet desperation, the other noting work is only what a body is obliged to do.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:3,the-old-testament-of-the:29,the-old-testament-of-the:41b,the-lord-god-of-your-fat:18 · quran=sura-xciv-the-opening-v · gita=book-5,book-6 · aurelius=p67,p68 · walden=p1,p6,p7,p9 · leaves=p3,p6,p11,p20 · twain=ch60,ch61,ch67,ch68

## DUALISM — SPLIT: The scriptures divide the world in two — KJV and Quran cast light against darkness as a moral war (Sura CXIII, XCII), while the Gita (13–14) and Tao (2, 28) name the pair only to transcend it as one underlying reality — and the moderns (Aurelius, Whitman, Twain) shrug the binary off entirely, finding nature indifferent, self-contradictory, or laughable.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:3,the-old-testament-of-the:32,the-lord-god-of-your-fat:10,the-pure-candlestick-wit:11b · quran=sura-cxiii-the-daybreak-vi,sura-xcii-the-night-xvi,sura-lxxxiv-the-splitting-as,sura-li-the-scattering-xliii · gita=book-11,book-12,book-13,book-14 · tao=3,21,28,2b · aurelius=p5,p33,p42,p43 · walden=p47,p78,p105 · leaves=p1,p13,p23,p56 · dickinson=p2 · twain=ch27,ch123

## BEGINNINGS — SPLIT: The KJV grounds all beginnings in a divine act (creation, then the flood's do-over), Walden and Leaves relocate them in the self — every dawn and every "I" a fresh start — while Twain grins at both, suggesting new starts mostly repeat the old story.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:1,the-old-testament-of-the:2,the-old-testament-of-the:7,the-old-testament-of-the:8 · walden=p14,p31,p106,p108 · leaves=p40,p73,p90 · twain=ch4,ch9

## FOOLS — SPLIT: Scripture (Psalms, Quran) defines the fool as the one who denies or mocks God, while Aurelius, Bierce, and Twain locate folly everywhere in humanity — the pious included — as our common inheritance.
   kjv=then-ye-shall-answer-the:9,the-book-of-psalms:14,the-book-of-psalms:53,the-book-of-psalms:75 · quran=sura-xxxvii-the-ranks-lb · aurelius=p73 · devils=a-aspersea,b-benefactora,c-camelb,c-commerce · twain=ch27,ch54,ch65,ch187

## TIME — SPLIT: scripture (KJV chronicles, Qur'an's "By the afternoon, man is in loss") counts time as God's ledger of generations
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:5,the-third-book-of-the-ki:1a,the-first-book-of-the-ch:1,these-are-the-dukes-of-e:3 · quran=sura-ciii-the-afternoon-xxvi,sura-xx-1-ta-ha-lvd,sura-xxiii-the-believers-lxic,sura-xi-houd-lxxve · aurelius=p11,p37 · devils=l-lordb,o-obsoletea,o-outdoa,w-werewolfa · walden=p6,p33,p35,p36 · leaves=p22,p41,p53,p61 · dickinson=p6,p19,p27 · twain=ch19,ch28,ch51,ch85

## LOVE — SPLIT: Scripture commands it and Whitman sings it as universal bond, Aurelius cools it into rational duty to one's fellow man, Dickinson hoards it as private immensity, while Bierce and Twain diagnose it as a curable insanity.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:29,the-lord-be-with-you-and:3,they-have-brought-about-:18,they-have-brought-about-:20a · aurelius=p66,p69,p70 · devils=l-lorda · leaves=p4,p5,p25,p28 · dickinson=p3,p4,p14,p24 · twain=ch11,ch16,ch122,ch165

## JOY — SPLIT: The KJV roots joy in the Lord and communal feast (Nehemiah 8), Thoreau in solitary simplicity, Whitman in the exuberant body and open road, Dickinson in rare intensity made sharper by its scarcity, and Twain doubts it comes unmixed with pain at all.
   kjv=the-son-of-dekar-in-maka:8c,then-david-received-them:15,then-david-received-them:16,the-book-of-nehemiah:8 · walden=p46,p51,p72,p96 · leaves=p9,p14,p45,p46 · dickinson=p5,p10 · twain=ch95,ch149,ch150

## GRIEF — SPLIT: The KJV commands lament unto a God who heals the broken-hearted, Aurelius orders the mind to master sorrow as mere opinion, Whitman and Dickinson insist grief must be fully sung and measured rather than cured, while Thoreau treats it as noise
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:23,the-old-testament-of-the:37,the-old-testament-of-the:42,the-old-testament-of-the:43 · aurelius=p70 · walden=p68 · leaves=p63,p75,p76,p81 · dickinson=p15,p19,p28 · twain=ch29,ch154,ch164

## DUTY — SPLIT: KJV, Quran, Gita, and Aurelius broadly agree that duty is owed regardless of reward — to God's commandments, to Allah, to one's station without attachment to fruits, to nature and one's post — but Twain dissents, insisting "duty" is a mask for self-interest and men act only to satisfy themselves.
   kjv=these-are-the-words-whic:20,these-are-the-words-whic:28b,the-pure-candlestick-wit:7,the-pure-candlestick-wit:22 · quran=sura-lxxiii-the-enfolded1-ii,sura-xxxi-lokman1-lxxxiib,sura-iv-women1-cg,sura-ix-1-immunity-cxiiif · gita=book-1,book-4,book-7,book-21 · aurelius=p1,p2,p4,p16 · twain=ch155,ch184

## HABIT — CONSENSUS: All five agree habit silently hardens into fate — Judges' relapsing generations, Aurelius' soul dyed by its recurring thoughts, Bierce's "shackle for the free," Thoreau's beaten path from door to pond, and Huck's tr
   kjv=the-book-of-judges:2,they-have-brought-about-:14a,then-open-the-door-and-f:15,then-open-the-door-and-f:17b · aurelius=p7,p8,p9,p62 · devils=e-experiencea,g-goodb · walden=p11,p23,p32,p34 · twain=ch6,ch7,ch17,ch18

## WISDOM — SPLIT: the KJV holds wisdom is a gift granted by God to those who ask (as with Solomon), while Aurelius treats it as a human achievement, learned from the examples of teachers and cultivated by reason.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:41b,then-saul-said-unto-his-:25a,the-third-book-of-the-ki:3,the-son-of-dekar-in-maka:4 · aurelius=p1

## PRIDE — SPLIT: KJV and Quran agree pride precedes a fall (haughtiness before destruction; Iblis cast down for refusing to bow), but Twain treats pride as incurable human vanity to be laughed at, not a sin to be punished.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:11,then-open-the-door-and-f:14,then-open-the-door-and-f:20,the-thistle-that-was-in-:25 · quran=sura-xxxviii-sad-lixb,sura-vii-al-araf-lxxxviic · twain=ch54

## THE GOLDEN RULE — VERDICT: CONSENSUS: all four affirm treating others as kin to oneself — the KJV commands it, Aurelius grounds it in shared rational nature, Whitman sings it as universal comradeship — though Twain, agreeing it is true, adds the honest footnote that humans preach it far more than they practice it.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:31b,these-are-the-words-whic:33,the-pure-candlestick-wit:18,therefore-shalt-thou-ser:31 · aurelius=p68 · leaves=p51 · twain=ch34,ch46,ch183

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   kjv=the-book-of-psalms:4,the-proverbs:17,the-way-of-holiness-the-:41,these-are-they-whom-the-:2 · tao=12,3 · walden=p44,p49,p95 · leaves=p58,p68,p117 · dickinson=p1,p22

## FAITH AND DOUBT — VERDICT: CONSENSUS — both scriptures command trust in God and treat doubt as the mark of the lost, though neither offers the doubter evidence beyond the demand itself.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:20,these-are-the-words-whic:32,then-athaliah-rent-her-c:24,the-lord-liveth:11 · quran=sura-liv-the-moon-xlix,sura-xxxiv-saba1-lxxxva,sura-xlvi-al-ahkaf-lxxxviiia,sura-vi-cattle-lxxxixa

## OBEDIENCE — MYSTERY: only the KJV witnesses speak here (urging submission to divine command), and with no other tradition in evidence, cross-tradition agreement cannot honestly be claimed — unknown, possibly untestable from this record.
   kjv=the-old-testament-of-the:22,the-pure-candlestick-wit:40,the-pure-candlestick-wit:8,the-pure-candlestick-wit:2

## VIRTUE — VERDICT: CONSENSUS — both 2 Peter's ladder (faith → virtue → knowledge → self-control) and Aurelius's Stoic meditations treat virtue as deliberately cultivated through daily discipline, its own reward and the core of a good life.
   kjv=the-second-general-epist:1 · aurelius=p3,p9,p36,p58

## THE GOLDEN-RULE — SPLIT: the KJV commands doing unto others as you'd have done to you (Luke 6:31; Matt. 25's "inasmuch as ye did it"), while Twain agrees the rule is sound but testifies that humanity preaches it and practices its opposite.
   kjv=these-are-the-words-whic:31,the-evil-shall-not-overt:4,then-he-shall-answer-tho:14,they-have-no-wine:2 · twain=ch25,ch191

## FORGIVENESS — VERDICT: CONSENSUS — both traditions hold that forgiveness flows from God (Psalm 130's "there is forgiveness with thee") and must be mirrored by the wronged toward the wrongdoer, as David toward his son and Joseph toward his brothers ("no reproach on you this day," Sura 12).
   kjv=the-pure-candlestick-wit:4b,then-all-the-king-s-sons:14,the-book-of-psalms:130,the-way-of-holiness-the-:43 · quran=sura-xii-joseph-peace-be-on-c

## DEMOCRACY AND EQUALITY — MYSTERY: the cited leaves (p8, p12, p20, p55) each frame equality differently — as divine image, as karmic station, as civic contract, as illusion of the ego — and no shared claim survives comparison; whether equality is a metaphysical fact or a political invention remains unknown, maybe unknowable.
   leaves=p8,p12,p20,p55

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   kjv=then-he-shall-answer-tho:1,then-he-arose-and-rebuke:23 · devils=c-camela,c-camelb · twain=ch143

## COMMUNITY — CONSENSUS: Both traditions hold that believers dwelling and laboring together in unity is a blessing — the KJV in shared duty and the sweetness of brethren united (Neh. 11; Ps. 133), the Quran in the company of the faithful, merciful among themselves (48).
   kjv=the-pure-candlestick-wit:2,the-book-of-nehemiah:11,the-book-of-psalms:133 · quran=sura-xlviii-the-victory-cviib

## RITUAL OBSERVANCE — MYSTERY: Only the KJV testifies here (the lamps kept "in order... continually" on the pure candlestick), and one tradition's insistence on perpetual ritual precision cannot establish cross-tradition agreement — whether observance itself matters universally remains unknown on this evidence.
   kjv=the-pure-candlestick-wit:3,the-pure-candlestick-wit:7,the-pure-candlestick-wit:7b

## GUILT — SPLIT: the KJV treats guilt as an objective debt before God, fixed by law and cleansed through ordained ritual, while Twain treats it as a trained conscience that torments a person whether or not they've actually done wrong.
   kjv=the-pure-candlestick-wit:5,the-seventh-year-the-yea:21 · twain=ch108

## REDEMPTION — MYSTERY: Only one tradition
   kjv=the-pure-candlestick-wit:16b,the-fathers-have-eaten-s:18,the-epistle-of-paul-the-:1

## WORSHIP — CONSENSUS: The lone tradition in evidence (KJV: Exodus's ever-burning candlestick, Psalm 134's night-watch blessing, Revelation 4's unceasing heavenly praise) agrees worship is perpetual attendance before God, day and night — though with no other traditions cited, this consensus is untested.
   kjv=the-pure-candlestick-wit:3b,the-book-of-psalms:134,the-revelation-of-saint-:4

## DUTY AND CALLING — MYSTERY: Only fragmentary KJV citations were supplied, with no cross-tradition evidence to compare, so whether traditions converge on duty as divine summons or human obligation remains unknown from this record.
   kjv=then-shall-he-bring-with:18,these-four-were-the-sons:23,the-book-of-the-prophet-:3

## FEAR — SPLIT: The KJV prescribes fear of the LORD as the cure for all other fear (Psalm 27's "whom shall I fear?"; the seventh-year assembly gath
   kjv=the-seventh-year-the-yea:20,the-book-of-psalms:27 · twain=ch113

## DUTY AND CONSEQUENCE — MYSTERY: Only the KJV attests here (suggesting the dutiful escape evil), and one tradition's voice cannot establish a shared truth — cross-tradition verdict unknown, possibly unknowable.
   kjv=then-ye-shall-answer-the:23,they-be-gone-over-the-br:21,the-evil-shall-not-overt:1

## FRIENDSHIP — CONSENSUS: Both the Hebrew-Christian proverbs and the Stoic Aurelius hold that true friendship is proven in adversity and consists in steadfast goodwill rather than pleasant company — though with only two witnesses and thin citations, this agreement is suggestive, not settled.
   kjv=they-have-brought-about-:19,they-have-brought-about-:20b · aurelius=p65

## VANITY — VERDICT: CONSENSUS — Preacher, lexicographer, and satirist all agree: human self-regard and striving are empty at the core — "all is vanity," and the wit of Bierce and Twain only sharpens the same verdict with a grin.
   kjv=the-preacher:4 · devils=a-alone · twain=ch103

## GRACE — MYSTERY: only the Pauline witness speaks here (none is righteous, so favor must be unearned gift); one tradition's voice cannot make a concordance, and the cross-tradition view remains unknown.
   kjv=there-is-none-that-under:4,the-epistle-of-paul-the-:1,the-epistle-of-paul-the-:4

## GRATITUDE — SPLIT: The Quran makes gratitude a divine transaction (thank God and He will increase your blessings, Sura 14; Sura 106), while Twain treats thankfulness as a human, often ironic affair owed to luck and fellow men rather than heaven.
   quran=sura-cvi-the-koreisch-xx,sura-xiv-abraham-on-whom-be-b · twain=ch115

## FAITH, DOUBT — MYSTERY: Only Quranic witnesses are on file (15, 23, 35 — believers prosper, doubters reject the signs sent to them), and one tradition testifying alone cannot settle a cross-tradition question; the concordance must mark this unresolved pending evidence from elsewhere.
   quran=sura-xv-hedjr1-lviia,sura-xxiii-the-believers-lxib,sura-xxxv-the-creator-or-theb

## SIMPLICITY — VERDICT: CONSENSUS — both Tao 2 (acting without striving, teaching without words) and Walden (p22, p66: "Simplicity, simplicity!") agree that stripping away excess effort and possessions reveals the essential life.
   tao=2 · walden=p22,p66

## HUMOR — MYSTERY: Only Twain testifies (ch88, ch89, ch188) — that humor's secret source is sorrow, not joy — but a single witness makes no concordance; the other traditions are silent, and one wit's word, however sharp, is not consensus.
   twain=ch88,ch89,ch188