Proverbs 24:4-9

⁴By discretion the chambers are filled With all precious and excellent wealth.

⁵A wise man is better than a strong man; And a man who has prudence than a large estate.

⁶War is carried on with generalship, And aid is supplied to the heart of a counselor.

⁷Wisdom and good understanding are in the gates of the wise: The wise turn not aside from the mouth of the Lord,

⁸But deliberate in council. Death befalls uninstructed men.

⁹The fool also dies in sins; And uncleanness attaches to a pestilent man.