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)
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.(Ecclesiastes 9:18)
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.(Ecclesiastes 10:1)
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.(Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. (James 3:17)
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. (1 Samuel 7:3)
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. (Proverbs 28:23)
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. (Genesis 41:33)
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. (Isaiah 42:4)
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. (James 1:20)
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. (Isaiah 42:2)