Ecclesiastes 9:15

The Scriptures 1998

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

Cross References

Genesis 40:23

And the chief cupbearer did not remember Yosĕ

2 Samuel 20:22

So the woman in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheḇ

Proverbs 21:22

A wise one scales the city of the mighty, And brings down the trusted stronghold.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For there is no more lasting remembrance of the wise than of the fool, since in the days to come all is forgotten. And how does a wise man die? With the fool!

Ecclesiastes 4:13

A poor and wise youth is better than an old and foolish sovereign who no longer knows how to take warning.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes the wise strong, more than ten rulers that are in the city.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

And so I saw the wrong ones buried, and they came and went from the place of set-apartness, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done. That too is futile.