Confucius somewhere around 300-400 BC, Israel established way before that. Gotta get your timeline right. yes, proverbs from areas other than 'promised' land but Israelites spread around pretty good at that time too. IIRC Seneckarab had some good sayings too. Then the accounting tablets (Urals area ) from 9k BC. And the Ashkelon city gate, which is huge.