Ecclesiastes 9:13–16

13 I have observed that this also is wisdom under the sun, and it is significant to me: 14 There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it. 15 Now a poor wise man was found in the city,ac and he delivered the city by his wisdom.ad Yet no one remembered that poor man. 16 And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength,ae but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”