Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.(Ecclesiastes 9:10)

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.(Ecclesiastes 9:11)

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.(Ecclesiastes 9:12)

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:(Ecclesiastes 9:14)

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.(Ecclesiastes 9:15)

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.(Ecclesiastes 9:16)

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Ecclesiastes 9:13 - Cross Reference

When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) (Ecclesiastes 8:16)

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: (Ecclesiastes 6:1)

All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. (Ecclesiastes 7:15)