Ecclesiastes 9:15
And should find in it a poor wise man, 1 And he should save the city through his wisdom: 1 Yet no man would remember that poor man. 1
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Genesis 40:23Yet did not the chief cupbearer remember Joseph, but forgot him.
Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor and wise child 1 Than an old and foolish king, 1 Who knows not how to take heed any longer. 1
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 9:14-18
The Advantages of Wisdom. 13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: 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… Read the whole commentary →