Ecclesiastes 9:15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Now a poor wise man was found in the city,  and he delivered the city by his wisdom.  Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer pays attention to warnings.

Genesis 40:23

Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.

2 Samuel 20:22

The woman went to all the people with her wise counsel,  and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn, and they dispersed from the city, each to his own tent. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise,  since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise person dies just like the fool?

Proverbs 21:22

A wise person went up against a city of warriors and brought down its secure fortress.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place,  and they were praised  in the city where they did those things. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes the wise person stronger than ten rulers of a city.