Verse 22
A wise{H2450} man scaleth{H5927} the city{H5892} of the mighty,{H1368} And bringeth down{H3381} the strength{H5797} of the confidence{H4009} thereof.
Referenced Verses
- Eccl 7:19 : 19 Wisdom{H2451} is a strength{H5810} to the wise{H2450} man more than ten{H6235} rulers{H7989} that are in a city.{H5892}
- Eccl 9:13-18 : 13 I have also seen{H7200} wisdom{H2451} under the sun{H8121} on this{H2090} wise, and it seemed great{H1419} unto me: 14 There was a little{H6996} city,{H5892} and few{H4592} men{H582} within it; and there came{H935} a great{H1419} king{H4428} against it, and besieged{H5437} it, and built{H1129} great{H1419} bulwarks{H4685} against it. 15 Now there was found{H4672} in it a poor{H4542} wise{H2450} man,{H376} and he by his wisdom{H2451} delivered{H4422} the city;{H5892} yet no man{H120} remembered{H2142} that same poor{H4542} man.{H376} 16 Then said{H559} I, Wisdom{H2451} is better{H2896} than strength:{H1369} nevertheless the poor man's{H4542} wisdom{H2451} is despised,{H959} and his words{H1697} are not heard.{H8085} 17 The words{H1697} of the wise{H2450} heard{H8085} in quiet{H5183} are better than the cry{H2201} of him that ruleth{H4910} among fools.{H3684} 18 Wisdom{H2451} is better{H2896} than weapons{H3627} of war;{H7128} but one{H259} sinner{H2398} destroyeth{H6} much{H7235} good.{H2896}
- 2 Sam 5:6-9 : 6 And the king{H4428} and his men{H582} went{H3212} to Jerusalem{H3389} against the Jebusites,{H2983} the inhabitants{H3427} of the land,{H776} who spake{H559} unto David,{H1732} saying,{H559} Except thou take away{H5493} the blind{H5787} and the lame,{H6455} thou shalt not come in{H935} hither; thinking,{H559} David{H1732} cannot come in{H935} hither. 7 Nevertheless David{H1732} took{H3920} the stronghold{H4686} of Zion;{H6726} the same is the city{H5892} of David.{H1732} 8 And David{H1732} said{H559} on that day,{H3117} Whosoever smiteth{H5221} the Jebusites,{H2983} let him get up{H5060} to the watercourse,{H6794} and [smite] the lame{H6455} and the blind,{H5787} that are hated{H8130} of David's{H1732} soul.{H5315} Wherefore they say,{H559} There are the blind{H5787} and the lame;{H6455} he cannot come{H935} into the house.{H1004} 9 And David{H1732} dwelt{H3427} in the stronghold,{H4686} and called{H7121} it the city{H5892} of David.{H1732} And David{H1732} built{H1129} round about{H5439} from Millo{H4407} and inward.{H1004}
- 2 Sam 20:16-22 : 16 Then cried{H7121} a wise{H2450} woman{H802} out of the city,{H5892} Hear,{H8085} hear;{H8085} say,{H559} I pray you, unto Joab,{H3097} Come near{H7126} hither, that I may speak{H1696} with thee. 17 And he came near{H7126} unto her; and the woman{H802} said,{H559} Art thou Joab?{H3097} And he answered,{H559} I am. Then she said{H559} unto him, Hear{H8085} the words{H1697} of thy handmaid.{H519} And he answered,{H559} I do hear.{H8085} 18 Then she spake,{H559} saying,{H559} They were wont{H1696} to speak{H1696} in old time,{H7223} saying,{H559} They shall surely{H7592} ask{H7592} [counsel] at Abel:{H59} and so they ended{H8552} [the matter]. 19 I am of them that are peaceable{H7999} and faithful{H539} in Israel:{H3478} thou seekest{H1245} to destroy{H4191} a city{H5892} and a mother{H517} in Israel:{H3478} why wilt thou swallow up{H1104} the inheritance{H5159} of Jehovah?{H3068} 20 And Joab{H3097} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Far be it,{H2486} far be it{H2486} from me, that I should swallow up{H1104} or destroy.{H7843} 21 The matter{H1697} is not so: but a man{H376} of the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim,{H669} Sheba{H7652} the son{H1121} of Bichri{H1075} by name,{H8034} hath lifted up{H5375} his hand{H3027} against the king,{H4428} even against David;{H1732} deliver{H5414} him only, and I will depart{H3212} from the city.{H5892} And the woman{H802} said{H559} unto Joab,{H3097} Behold, his head{H7218} shall be thrown{H7993} to thee over{H1157} the wall.{H2346} 22 Then the woman{H802} went{H935} unto all the people{H5971} in her wisdom.{H2451} And they cut off{H3772} the head{H7218} of Sheba{H7652} the son{H1121} of Bichri,{H1075} and threw{H7993} it out to Joab.{H3097} And he blew{H8628} the trumpet,{H7782} and they were dispersed{H6327} from the city,{H5892} every man{H376} to his tent.{H168} And Joab{H3097} returned{H7725} to Jerusalem{H3389} unto the king.{H4428}
- Prov 24:5 : 5 A wise{H2450} man{H1397} is strong;{H5797} Yea, a man{H376} of knowledge{H1847} increaseth{H553} might.{H3581}