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16 But I still say that wisdom is better than strength. They forgot about the poor man’s wisdom, and the people stopped listening to what he said. But I still believe that wisdom is better.

17 Words spoken by the wise are heard more clearly
    than those shouted by a leader among fools.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war,
    but one fool[a] can destroy much good.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 9:18 fool Literally, “sinner.”

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