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Ecclesiastes 7

Eccl. 7:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
strengtheneth
`azaz (Hebrew #5810)
to be stout (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: harden, impudent, prevail, strengthen (self), be strong.
Pronounce: aw-zaz'
Origin: a primitive root
the wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
more than ten
`eser (Hebrew #6235)
from 6237; ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
KJV usage: ten, (fif-, seven-)teen.
Pronounce: eh'ser
Origin: masculine of term aasarah {as-aw-raw'}
mighty
shalliyt (Hebrew #7989)
potent; concretely, a prince or warrior
KJV usage: governor, mighty, that hath power, ruler.
Pronounce: shal-leet'
Origin: from 7980
men which are in the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
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Eccl. 9:15‑18• 15and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.
 16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
 17The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
 18Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good. (Eccl. 9:15‑18)
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2 Sam. 20:16‑22• 16And a wise woman cried out of the city, Hear, hear: say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
 17And he came near to her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he said, I am he. And she said to him, Listen to the words of thy handmaid. And he said, I am listening.
 18And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.
 19I am peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?
 20And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
 21The matter is not so; but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David: give up him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
 22Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king. (2 Sam. 20:16‑22)
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Prov. 21:22• 22A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. (Prov. 21:22)
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Prov. 24:5• 5A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge increaseth strength. (Prov. 24:5)
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Col. 1:9‑11• 9For this reason *we* also, from the day we heard of your faith and love, do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
 10so as to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God;
 11strengthened with all power according to the might of his glory unto all endurance and longsuffering with joy; (Col. 1:9‑11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men that are in a city.