Ecclesiastes 9:14-16

International Standard Version

¹⁴ There was a little city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built massive siege ramps against it. ¹⁵ Now there was found within it a poor, but wise man. He delivered the city by his wisdom, but not one person remembered that poor man.

¹⁶ So I concluded,^[a] “Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless, the wisdom of the poor is rejected—his words are never heard.”