Ecclesiastes 9:16
Then said I, “Wisdom is better than strength;” and yet the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
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In Context
17The quiet words of the wise are sooner heard than the shouting of a foolish ruler.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:15The rich man's wealth is his strong city; The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 24:5The wise man is strong; Yea, the man of understanding establisheth his strength.
Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war. But one offender destroyeth much good.
Mark 6:2And when the sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue. And most people when they heard him were astonished, saying, Whence hath this man these things? And what is the wisdom which is given him? And how is it that such miracles are wrought by his hands?
John 9:24They therefore called a second time the man that had been blind, and said to him, Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.
James 2:2For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in splendid apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment,
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 →