Proverbs 24:5 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁵ A wise man is mightier than a strong man, and a man of knowledge than he who has 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant.

Proverbs 24:5 Cross References

Psalm 84:7

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

Proverbs 10:29

The Lord is a stronghold to him whose way is upright, but destruction to evildoers.

Proverbs 21:22

A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.

Proverbs 24:6

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

Proverbs 8:14

I have counsel and sound wisdom, I have insight, I have strength.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

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

Isaiah 36:5

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

Isaiah 40:31

but they 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.

Colossians 1:11

May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,