Ecclesiastes 9:15

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 40:23

Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

2 Samuel 20:22

The woman, with her wisdom, came to all of the people in the city, and they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri. When they threw it to Joab, he blew the horn, and they dispersed from the city, each going to his own tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

Proverbs 21:22

A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and casts down its stronghold.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise or the fool, seeing that in the coming days everyone will have been forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool!

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who no longer knows how to receive a warning.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

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

Ecclesiastes 8:10

Then I saw the wicked approaching. They would enter and leave the holy temple, and they were praised in the city where they did works. This also is vanity.