"Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor…" — Ecclesiastes 9:15

Ecclesiastes 9:15 · KJV

“Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.”

— Ecclesiastes 9:15

Verse 14

{There was} a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

Verse 16

Then said I, Wisdom {is} better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom {is} despised, and his words are not heard.

Ecclesiastes 9 — Context

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it {seemed} great unto me:

{There was} a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Then said I, Wisdom {is} better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom {is} despised, and his words are not heard.

The words of wise {men are} heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Cross References

Genesis 40:23

Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better {is} a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. {who...: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished}

Esther 6:2-3

And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. {Bigthana: also called, Bigthan} {door: Heb. threshold}

2 Samuel 20:22

Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast {it} out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. {retired: Heb. were scattered}

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For {there is} no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now {is} in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise {man}? as the fool.