Proverbs 24:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ Wise warriors are mightier than strong ones and those who have knowledge than those who have strength,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ A wise man is strong and is better than a strong man, and a man of knowledge increases and strengthens his power; [Prov. 21:22; Eccl. 9:16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might.

Common English Bible

⁵ A wise person is mightier than a strong one; a knowledgeable person than a powerful one.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ A wise man is strong, and a well-taught man is robust and valiant.

Proverbs 24:5 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom gives strength to the wise more than ten rulers who are in a city.

Colossians 1:11

May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, so that you may have all endurance and patience, joyfully

Proverbs 21:22

One wise person went up against a city of warriors and brought down the stronghold in which they trusted.

Isaiah 40:31

but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright but destruction for evildoers.

Proverbs 8:14

I have good advice and sound wisdom; I have insight; I have strength.

Psalm 84:7

They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.

Proverbs 24:6

for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.

Isaiah 36:5

Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? On whom, then, do you now rely, that you have rebelled against me?