King James Version (KJV)

Ecclesiastes 9:16

“Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.”

Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 9

[There was] a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

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

Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.

The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Reflections on life’s meaning and the pursuit of lasting purpose in God.