אֲשֶׁר רִיק קוֹרֵא לְמוֹרֶה לֹא אָמֵן לְבוֹרֵא

Hebrew proverbial adage cited by Lapide to warn against credulity toward philosophers. "He who easily and rashly trusts a teacher, distrusts the Creator."

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

• Chapter II: On the Object and Breadth of Sacred Scripture — Lapide cites this Hebrew adage after recounting the errors of Pythagoras on metempsychosis

  "Is not the well-known Hebrew adage most true here: ascher ric core lemore lo omen lebore, that is, 'He who easily and rashly trusts a teacher, distrusts the Creator'?"