Ecclesiastes 9:15

New International Version

Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.

Cross References

Genesis 40:23

The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.

2 Samuel 20:22

Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bikri and threw it to Joab. So he sounded the trumpet, and his men dispersed from the city, each returning to his home. And Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.

Proverbs 21:22

One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten. Like the fool, the wise too must die!

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes one wise person more powerful than ten rulers in a city.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

Then too, I saw the wicked buried—those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise in the city where they did this. This too is meaningless.