BSB GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOS JDG RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR EZRA NEH EST JOB PSA PROV ECC SNG ISA JER LAM EZE DAN HOS JOEL AMOS OBA JNA MIC NAH HAB ZEP HAG ZEC MAL MAT MARK LUKE JOHN ACTS ROM 1 COR 2 COR GAL EPH PHP COL 1 TH 2 TH 1 TIM 2 TIM TIT PHM HEB JAM 1 PET 2 PET 1 JHN 2 JHN 3 JHN JUDE REV
BSB ECC C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12
BSB ECC 9 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18
Wisdom Is Better than Strength
13 I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it [was] great to me: 14 There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
15 Now a poor wise man was found in [the city], and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man. 16 And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
17 The calm words of the wise are heeded
over the shouts of a ruler among fools.