Ecclesiastes 9:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 4:13 : 13 ¶ Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
  • Gen 40:23 : 23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
  • 2 Sam 20:22 : 22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast [it] out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
  • Esth 6:2-3 : 2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. 3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.

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    16Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.

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    18Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

  • Eccl 9:13-14
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    13¶ This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me:

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    11¶ The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city.

  • Eccl 2:14-16
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    14The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

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    16For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.

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    15¶ The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.

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  • Eccl 4:13
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    13¶ Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    21For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.

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