Ecclesiastes 9:15

World English Bible (2000)

Now a poor wise man was found in it, 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 wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.
  • Gen 40:23 : 23 Yet the chief cupbearer didn't remember Joseph, but forgot him.
  • 2 Sam 20:22 : 22 Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
  • Esth 6:2-3 : 2 It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus. 3 The king said, "What honor and dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?" Then the king's servants who attended him said, "Nothing has been done for him."
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

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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 the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

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

  • Eccl 9:13-14
    2 verses
    82%

    13I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.

    14There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

  • Prov 28:11
    74%

    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

  • Eccl 7:19
    74%

    19Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

  • Eccl 2:14-16
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    73%

    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness--and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.

    15Then I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

    16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must 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
    72%

    8For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

  • Eccl 4:13
    71%

    13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    71%

    7There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

    8The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

  • Job 17:10
    71%

    10But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.

  • Prov 21:22
    70%

    22A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.

  • Eccl 12:9
    69%

    9Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

  • Ps 41:1
    69%

    1Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

  • Prov 29:7-9
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    69%

    7The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.

    8Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.

    9If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

  • Eccl 2:21
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    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion 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%

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

    13Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

  • Prov 19:1
    68%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Job 32:9
    68%

    9It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

  • Prov 12:8-9
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    68%

    8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

    9Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

  • Eccl 8:17
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    17then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.

  • Prov 27:12
    68%

    12A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

  • Prov 3:13
    68%

    13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

  • Eccl 9:11
    67%

    11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

  • Prov 22:3
    67%

    3A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

  • Prov 14:33
    67%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

  • Eccl 8:1
    67%

    1Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

  • Job 5:15
    67%

    15But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

  • Prov 19:8
    67%

    8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 11:12
    67%

    12One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

  • Jer 9:23
    67%

    23Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;

  • Eccl 2:9
    67%

    9So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

  • Ps 49:10
    67%

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

  • Eccl 9:1
    67%

    1For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.

  • Eccl 10:15
    67%

    15The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 24:5
    67%

    5A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;

  • Job 32:13
    67%

    13Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man;'

  • 2 Chr 9:5
    67%

    5She said to the king, "It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom.

  • 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
    67%

    16I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.