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I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:

Ecclesiastes 9:13
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I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:

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 9:14
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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 siege works 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 9:15
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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 9:16
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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 9:17
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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.

Ecclesiastes 9:18
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Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

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