Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom will help the wise man 1 More than ten mighty men which are in the city. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
In Context
20For there is not a righteous man in the earth, 1 Who will do good, and not sin. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:22And the woman went in to all the people, and she spoke to all the city in her wisdom; and they took off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri; and took it away and threw it to Joab: and he blew the trumpet, and the people separated from the city away from him, every man to his tent: and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
Proverbs 21:22A wise man assaults strong cities, 1 And demolishes the fortress in which the ungodly trusted. 1
Ecclesiastes 9:13This I also saw to be wisdom under the sun, 1 And it is great before me: 1
Ecclesiastes 9:16And I said, Wisdom is better than power: 1 Yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nought, 1 And his words not listened to. 1
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 →