Ecclesiastes 9:13-18

¹³I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:

¹⁴There 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.

¹⁵Now 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.

¹⁶Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

¹⁷The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

¹⁸Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.