Proverbs 21:22
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
- Proverbs 24:5 A wise man has great power. A knowledgeable man increases strength,
- Ecclesiastes 9:13–15 I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me. There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.