Ecclesiastes 9:16
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And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?

Proverbs 8:14
By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things.

Proverbs 21:22
The wise man hath scaled the city of the strong, and hath cast down the strength of the confidence thereof.

Ecclesiastes 7:12
For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.

Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.

Ecclesiastes 9:18
Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things.

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And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?

wisdom

Ecclesiastes 9:18 Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things.

Ecclesiastes 7:19 Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.

Proverbs 21:22 The wise man hath scaled the city of the strong, and hath cast down the strength of the confidence thereof.

Proverbs 24:5 A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant.

the poor

Proverbs 10:15 The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked unto sin.

Mark 6:2,3 And when the Sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were in admiration at his doctrine, saying: How came this man by all these things? and what wisdom is this that is given to him, and such mighty works as are wrought by his hands? . . .

John 7:47-49 The Pharisees therefore answered them: Are you also seduced? . . .

John 9:24-34 They therefore called the man again that had been blind and said to him: Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner. . . .

1 Corinthians 1:26-29 For see your vocation, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble. . . .

James 2:2-6 For if there shall come into your assembly a man having a golden ring, in fine apparel; and there shall come in also a poor man in mean attire: . . .

Context
Wisdom is Better than Strength
15Now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he delivered the city by his wisdom, and no man afterward remembered that poor man. 16And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?17The words of the wise are heard in silence, more than the cry of a prince among fools.…
Lexicon
And I
אָ֔נִי (’ā·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

said,
וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי (wə·’ā·mar·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Wisdom
חָכְמָ֖ה (ḥāḵ·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2451: Wisdom

is better
טוֹבָ֥ה (ṭō·w·ḇāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

than strength,
מִגְּבוּרָ֑ה (mig·gə·ḇū·rāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1369: Force, valor, victory

but the wisdom
וְחָכְמַ֤ת (wə·ḥā·ḵə·maṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2451: Wisdom

of the poor
הַמִּסְכֵּן֙ (ham·mis·kên)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4542: Indigent

man is despised,
בְּזוּיָ֔ה (bə·zū·yāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 959: To disesteem

and his words
וּדְבָרָ֖יו (ū·ḏə·ḇā·rāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

are not
אֵינָ֥ם (’ê·nām)
Adverb | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

heeded.”
נִשְׁמָעִֽים׃ (niš·mā·‘îm)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently


Additional Translations
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

And I said Wisdom is better than power: yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nought, and his words not listened to.

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Then said I, wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Then I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

And I said, 'Better is wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' --
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