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:(Ecclesiastes 9:13)

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:

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)

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.(Ecclesiastes 9:17)

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Ecclesiastes 9:14 - Cross Reference

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. (2 Samuel 20:15)

And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. (2 Kings 6:24)