Ecclesiastes 9:14-16

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁴ There ^(A)was a small city with few men in it and a great king came to it, surrounded it and constructed large siegeworks against it. ¹⁵ But there was found in it a ^(B)poor wise man and he ^[a]delivered the city ^(C)by his wisdom. Yet ^(D)no one remembered that poor man. ¹⁶ So I said, “^(E)Wisdom is better than strength.” But the wisdom of the poor man is despised and his words are not heeded.