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Ecclesiastes 9:16-18 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 9 · verses 16–18
16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.Ecclesiastes 9:16-18 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 9:16-18 in context
14There 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:
15Now 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.
16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
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Key words (Strong's)
- destroyethʼâbadproperly, to wander awayH6 →
- strengthgᵉbûwrâhforceH1369 →
- despisedbâzâhto disesteemH959 →
- weaponskᵉlîysomething preparedH3627 →
- WisdomchokmâhwisdomH2451 →
- betterṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- rulethmâshalto ruleH4910 →
- sinnerchâṭâʼproperly, to missH2398 →
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Solomon still recommends wisdom to us as necessary to the preserving of our peace and the perfecting of our business, notwithstanding the vanities and crosses which human affairs are subject to. He had said (Ecc 9:11), Bread is not always to the wise;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-18