Ecclesiastes 9:14-17

¹⁴A little city, and few men therein; a great king came against it, and compassed it with pales, and he builded strongholds, either engines, by compass; and the besieging was made perfect.

¹⁵And a poor man and a wise was found therein; and he delivered the city by his wisdom, and no man bethought afterward on that poor man.

¹⁶And I said, that wisdom is better than strength; how therefore is the wisdom of a poor man despised, and his words be not heard?

¹⁷The words of wise men be heard in silence, more than the cry of a prince among fools.