Ecclesiastes 9:15

The Scriptures 2009

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 Yosĕph, but forgot him.

2 Samuel 20:22

So the woman in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheḇa son of Biḵri, and threw it out to Yo’aḇ. Then he blew with the shophar, and they dispersed from the city, each one to his tent. And Yo’aḇ returned to the sovereign at Yerushalayim.

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.