Ecclesiastes 9:16

Authorized King James Version

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"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, Authorized King James Version

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Ecclesiastes 9 — Context

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¶ This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me:

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[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:

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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.

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

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

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Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.