Ecclesiastes 9:13-18

¹³I haue also seene this wisedome vnder the sunne, and it is great vnto me.

¹⁴A litle citie and fewe men in it, and a great King came against it, and compassed it about, and builded fortes against it.

¹⁵And there was founde therein a poore and wise man, and he deliuered the citie by his wisedome: but none remembred this poore man.

¹⁶Then said I, Better is wisdome then strength: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard.

¹⁷The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.

¹⁸Better is wisedome then weapons of warre: but one sinner destroyeth much good.