Verse 5
A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
Referenced Verses
- Prov 21:22 : 22 ¶ A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
- Eccl 7:19 : 19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city.
- Col 1:11 : 11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
- Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.
- Prov 8:14 : 14 Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength.
- Prov 10:29 : 29 ¶ The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
- Eccl 9:14-18 : 14 [There was] a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 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. 16 Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard. 17 The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 18 Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
- Isa 40:31 : 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.