Eccl.9.15

Ecclesiastes 9:15

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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.

Wisdom Is Better than Strength

Cross References

Genesis 40:23

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

The Cupbearer and the Baker

2 Samuel 20:22

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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.

Sheba’s Rebellion

Revolt Put Down

Proverbs 21:22

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A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

The King’s Heart

Ecclesiastes 2:16

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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.

The Wise and the Foolish

Ecclesiastes 4:13

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¶ Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

The Futility of Power

Ecclesiastes 8:10

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And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.