Ecclesiastes 9:15
and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that 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 hath not known to be warned any more.
- Gen 40:23 : 23 and the chief of the butlers hath not remembered Joseph, but forgetteth him.
- 2 Sam 20:22 : 22 And the woman cometh unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and cast `it' unto Joab, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and they are scattered from the city, each to his tents, and Joab hath turned back to Jerusalem unto the king.
- Esth 6:2-3 : 2 and it is found written that Mordecai had declared concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king, of the keepers of the threshold, who sought to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus. 3 And the king saith, `What honour and greatness hath been done to Mordecai for this?' And the servants of the king, his ministers, say, `Nothing hath been done with him.'
- Eccl 2:16 : 16 That there is no remembrance to the wise -- with the fool -- to the age, for that which `is' already, `in' the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!
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- Eccl 9:16-183 verses87%
16 And I said, `Better `is' wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' --
17 The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.
18 Better `is' wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much good!
- Eccl 9:13-142 verses82%
13 This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.
14 A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;
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11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.
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19 The wisdom giveth strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city.
- Eccl 2:14-163 verses73%
14 The wise! -- his eyes `are' in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all;
15 and I said in my heart, `As it happeneth with the fool, it happeneth also with me, and why am I then more wise?' And I spake in my heart, that also this `is' vanity:
16 That there is no remembrance to the wise -- with the fool -- to the age, for that which `is' already, `in' the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!
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15 The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.
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8 For what advantage `is' to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?
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13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.
- Prov 13:7-82 verses71%
7 There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth `is' abundant.
8 The ransom of a man's life `are' his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.
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10 Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.
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22 A city of the mighty hath the wise gone up, And bringeth down the strength of its confidence.
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9 And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out -- he made right many similes.
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1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.
- Prov 29:7-93 verses69%
7 The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.
8 Men of scorning ensnare a city, And the wise turn back anger.
9 A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.
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21 For there is a man whose labour `is' in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it -- his portion! Even this `is' vanity and a great evil.
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12 And the wisdom -- whence is it found? And where `is' this, the place of understanding?
13 Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.
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1 Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse `in' his lips, who `is' a fool.
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9 The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.
- Prov 12:8-92 verses68%
8 According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.
9 Better `is' the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread.
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17 then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.
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12 The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
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13 O the happiness of a man `who' hath found wisdom, And of a man `who' bringeth forth understanding.
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11 I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift `is' the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all.
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3 The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.
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33 In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.
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1 Who `is' as the wise? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causeth his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
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15 And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
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5 (The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)
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8 Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.
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12 Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.
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23 Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,
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9 And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.
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10 For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
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1 But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, `are' in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole `is' before them.
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15 The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.
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5 Mighty `is' the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,
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13 Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man.
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5 And she saith unto the king, `True `is' the word that I heard in my land concerning thy matters and concerning thy wisdom,
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23 and all the kings of the earth are seeking the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God hath put in his heart,
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16 A father I `am' to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.