Ecclesiastes 9:16 · KJV
“Then said I, Wisdom {is} better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom {is} despised, and his words are not heard.”
— Ecclesiastes 9:16
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.
The words of wise {men are} heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Ecclesiastes 9 — Context
{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:
15Now 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.
16Then said I, Wisdom {is} better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom {is} despised, and his words are not heard.
17The words of wise {men are} heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
18Wisdom {is} better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty {men} which are in the city.
Proverbs 24:5
A wise man {is} strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. {is strong: Heb. is in strength} {increaseth...: Heb. strengtheneth might}
Proverbs 21:22
A wise {man} scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Mark 6:2-3
And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing {him} were astonished, saying, From whence hath this {man} these things? and what wisdom {is} this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
1 Corinthians 1:26-29
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, {are called}:
James 2:2-6
For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; {assembly: Gr. synagogue}
Proverbs 10:15
The rich man's wealth {is} his strong city: the destruction of the poor {is} their poverty.
Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom {is} better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
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