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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,{HR}And he by his wisdom delivered the city;{HR}Yet no man remembered that same poor man.
 16{i}Then said I,{/i} Wisdom is better than strength:{HR}Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised,{HR}And his words are not heard.
 17The words of the wise spoken in quiet{HR}Are heard more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
 18Wisdom is better than weapons of war:{HR}But one sinner destroyeth much good. (Eccl. 9:15‑18)
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2 Sam. 20:16‑22• 16{i}And 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.{/i}
 17{i}And 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.{/i}
 18{i}And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.{/i}
 19{i}I 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?{/i}
 20{i}And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.{/i}
 21{i}The 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.{/i}
 22{i}Then 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.{/i} (2 Sam. 20:16‑22)
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Prov. 21:22• 22A wise one scaleth the city of the mighty,{HR}And casteth down the strength of its confidence. (Prov. 21:22)
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Prov. 24:5• 5A wise man [is] in strength,{HR}And a man of knowledge increaseth strength. (Prov. 24:5)
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Col. 1:9‑11• 9On this account we also, from the day that we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye might be filled with the full knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
 10to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the full knowledge of God,
 11in all power empowered according to the might of his glory, unto all endurance and long-suffering 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Wisdom is a strength to the wise man{HR}More than ten rulers that are in a city.