Ecclesiastes 9:16

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

And I said, that wisdom is better than strength; how therefore is the wisdom of a poor man despised, and his words be not heard?

Cross References

Proverbs 10:15

The chattel [or substance] of a rich man is the city of his strength; the dread of poor men is the neediness of them.

Proverbs 21:22

A wise man ascended into the city of strong men, and destroyed the strength of [the] trust thereof.

Proverbs 24:5

A wise man is strong, and a learned man is stalworth[y] and mighty.

Proverbs 8:14

Counsel is mine, and equity; prudence is mine, and strength.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If iron is folded again, and it is not as before, but is made blunt, it shall be made sharp with much travail; and wisdom shall follow after busyness.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For as wisdom defendeth, so money defendeth; but learning and wisdom have this moreover, that those give life to them that have them.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom hath strengthened a wise man, over ten princes of a city.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Better is wisdom than armours [or arms] of battle; and he that sinneth in one thing, shall lose many goods.