Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
In Context
20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:22Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
Proverbs 21:22A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
Ecclesiastes 9:13I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:
Ecclesiastes 9:16And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
Colossians 1:9For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all 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 →