Ecclesiastes 9:16

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

Ecclesiastes 9:16 In-Context

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:
15 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.
16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised , and his words are not heard .
17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
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