A moment in scripture
Ecclesiastes 9:15
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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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The surrounding passage
- Ecclesiastes 9:13
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
- Ecclesiastes 9:14
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:
- Ecclesiastes 9:16
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
- Ecclesiastes 9:17
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.