Ecclesiastes 9:13-18
13. I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:
14. There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful
king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siegeworks against it.
15. Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by
his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.
16. So I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." But the poor man's wisdom is
despised, and his words are no longer heeded.
17. The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler
of fools.
18. Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.