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Passage Lookup: Ecclesiastes 9:13-18
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New International Version (1984 Edition)
Ecclesiastes 9:13
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I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:
Ecclesiastes 9:14
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There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siegeworks against it.
Ecclesiastes 9:15
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Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.
Ecclesiastes 9:16
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So I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." But the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.
Ecclesiastes 9:17
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The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.
Ecclesiastes 9:18
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Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
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