Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom gives a wise person greater power than ten town councilors.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
In Context
18You ought to keep in mind these warnings. Those who follow God will be sure to avoid both.
20There's not one good person in all the world who always does what is right and never sins.
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:22The woman went and talked with everyone about her wise plan. So they cut off the head of Sheba and threw it to Joab. Then Joab blew the ram's horn to sound the retreat, and all his men left the town and went home. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
Proverbs 21:22The wise can overcome a city belonging to strong warriors, and tear down the fortress they trusted to protect them.
Ecclesiastes 9:13Here's another aspect of wisdom that impressed me about what happens here on earth.
Ecclesiastes 9:16As I've always said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Yet the wisdom of that poor man was dismissed—people didn't pay attention to what he said.
Colossians 1:9Because of this we haven't stopped praying for you from the time we heard about you, asking God to give you understanding of what he wants you to do and to give you every kind of spiritual wisdom and understanding.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:12-23
The Advantages of Wisdom. 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.… Read the whole commentary →