Ecclesiastes 9:13-18

¹³This also have I seen; even wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.

¹⁴There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

¹⁵Now there was found within it a wise poor 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;” and yet the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

¹⁷The quiet words of the wise are sooner heard than the shouting of a foolish ruler.

¹⁸Wisdom is better than weapons of war. But one offender destroyeth much good.