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Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers of a city.
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Proverbs 24:5
A wise warrior is better than a strong one, and a man of knowledge than one of strength;
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2 Samuel 5 6-2 Samuel 5 9
The king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites had said to David:“ You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you”; thinking,“ David can’t get in here.”Yet David did capture the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.He said that day,“ Whoever attacks the Jebusites must go through the water shaft to reach the lame and the blind who are despised by David.” For this reason it is said,“ The blind and the lame will never enter the house.”David took up residence in the stronghold, which he named the city of David. He built it up all the way around from the supporting terraces inward.
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Ecclesiastes 9:13-18
I have observed that this also is wisdom under the sun, and it is significant to me:There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.And I said,“ Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”The calm words of the wise are heeded more than the shouts of a ruler over fools.Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much good.
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2 Samuel 20 16-2 Samuel 20 22
a wise woman called out from the city,“ Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here and let me speak with him.”When he had come near her, the woman asked,“ Are you Joab?”“ I am,” he replied.“ Listen to the words of your servant,” she said to him. He answered,“ I’m listening.”She said,“ In the past they used to say,‘ Seek counsel in Abel,’ and that’s how they settled disputes.I am a peaceful person, one of the faithful in Israel, but you’re trying to destroy a city that is like a mother in Israel. Why would you devour the Lord’s inheritance?”Joab protested:“ Never! I do not want to destroy!That is not my intention. There is a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, who has rebelled against King David. Deliver this one man, and I will withdraw from the city.” The woman replied to Joab,“ All right. His head will be thrown over the wall to you.”The woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn, and they dispersed from the city, each to his own tent. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
