Bible Dictionary: Prudence: The Poor Wise Man

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Ecclesiastes 9:15
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
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Now I Thought at that Time that all Men were Judged Worthy of the ...
... Neither, again, is prudence proved by abundance of bread, nor is understanding ... great
and powerful, if it had but one wise man, however poor, among its ...
/.../a metaphrase of the book of ecclesiastes/chapter ix now i thought.htm

A Reason is Given Why this Book did not Open with a Discussion of ...
... The chief amongst ourselves have stated that prudence lies in ... dispersed abroad and
given to the poor, His righteousness ... lies at the feet of the wise and the ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xxv a reason is.htm

Whether Solicitude Belongs to Prudence?
... thou, is a faithful and prudent [Douay: 'wise'] servant whom ... same relation to legal
justice, as prudence simply so ... Romans that "they would rather be poor in a ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether solicitude belongs to prudence 2.htm

Of Divine Wisdom.
... The external actions of the mystical and wise, which they do ... How many poor old Women
are there in the World ... a meer Ignoramus, than a man of Wisdom and Prudence. ...
/.../the spiritual guide which disentangles the soul/chap xvii of divine wisdom.htm

Proverbs
... He was the "wise man" of Hebrew antiquity, and he is ... 31, "He that hath pity on the
poor lendeth to ... to have fulfilled its programme: "to give prudence to the ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/proverbs.htm

The Birth of Saint George.
... How dost thou make wise men become like the most ... Sometimes Prudence walked out with
him, sometimes Gentleness, and ... of doing a kindness to the poor dwarf, who ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter one the birth of.htm

The Hebrew Sages and their Proverbs
... women, and examples are given of their prudence and insight ... young knowledge and insight;
That the wise man may hear ... xx.8, xxii.11); the rich, and poor stand in ...
/.../the origin and permanent value of the old testament/x the hebrew sages and.htm

Of Scoffing and Derision.
... assigned as the store-house of the poor, so the ... fares not better with some of them
than moral prudence. ... their account at night in the wise man's simile, their ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section vii of scoffing and.htm

The Rich and the Poor
... I do not say that such words are wise. ... is that no effort to make the rich and poor
meet together ... humanity in England, which was also a spirit of prudence and of ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon xliii the rich and.htm

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
... Though it teaches prudence, yet not sordidness. ... a man to become a fool that he may
be wise (1 Corinthians ... by losing it (Matthew 16:25); and by being poor to be ...
/.../watson/the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/4 blessed are the poor.htm