Ecclesiastes 9:15

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Genesis 40:23

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

2 Samuel 20:22

Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

Proverbs 21:22

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

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For of the wise man as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise man dies just like the fool!

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who will no longer take advice,

Ecclesiastes 7:19

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

Ecclesiastes 8:10

Then I saw the wicked buried; they used to go in and out of the holy place, and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity.