Ecclesiastes 9:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no one remembered that same poor man.

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  • Eccl 4:13 : 13 Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who will not be admonished anymore.
  • Gen 40:23 : 23 Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
  • 2 Sam 20:22 : 22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, each to his tent. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
  • 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 had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 3 And the king said, What honor and dignity has been done to Mordecai for this? Then the king's servants who attended him said, Nothing has been done for him.
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 9:16-18
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    87%

    16Then I said, 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 rules among fools.

    18Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

  • Eccl 9:13-14
    2 verses
    82%

    13This wisdom I have seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:

    14There was a little city with few men in it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great siege works against it.

  • Prov 28:11
    74%

    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Eccl 7:19
    74%

    19Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten mighty men in the city.

  • Eccl 2:14-16
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    73%

    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived that the same event happens to them all.

    15So I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me. And why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity."

    16For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.

  • Prov 10:15
    72%

    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city, the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8For what has the wise more than the fool? what does the poor have, who knows to walk before the living?

  • Eccl 4:13
    71%

    13Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who will not be admonished anymore.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

    8The ransom of a man's life are his riches, but the poor hears not rebuke.

  • Job 17:10
    71%

    10But as for you all, do you return, and come now; for I cannot find one wise man among you.

  • Prov 21:22
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    22A wise man scales the city of the mighty and casts down the strength of its confidence.

  • Eccl 12:9
    69%

    9Moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

  • Ps 41:1
    69%

    1Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.

  • Prov 29:7-9
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    7The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.

    8Scornful men bring a city into a snare; but wise men turn away wrath.

    9If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no rest.

  • Eccl 2:21
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    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

  • Job 28:12-13
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    68%

    12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

    13Man does not know its value; nor is it found in the land of the living.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Job 32:9
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    9Great men are not always wise, nor do the aged understand judgment.

  • Prov 12:8-9
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    8A man is commended according to his wisdom, but he who is of a perverse heart will be despised.

    9He who is despised and has a servant is better than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

  • Eccl 8:17
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    17Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

  • Eccl 9:11
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    11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

  • Prov 22:3
    67%

    3A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

  • Prov 14:33
    67%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Eccl 8:1
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    1Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the sternness of his face shall be changed.

  • Job 5:15
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    15But he saves the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;

  • Prov 19:8
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    8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 11:12
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    12He who lacks wisdom despises his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

  • Jer 9:23
    67%

    23Thus says the LORD, 'Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches:

  • Eccl 2:9
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    9So I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also, my wisdom remained with me.

  • Ps 49:10
    67%

    10For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

  • Eccl 9:1
    67%

    1For all this I considered in my heart, even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.

  • Eccl 10:15
    67%

    15The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he does not know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 24:5
    67%

    5A wise man is strong, yes, a man of knowledge increases strength.

  • Job 32:13
    67%

    13Lest you should say, We have found out wisdom: God will thrust him down, not man.

  • 2 Chr 9:5
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    5She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own land about your deeds and your wisdom was true.

  • 2 Chr 9:23
    67%

    23All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

  • Job 29:16
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    16I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the case I did not know.