Ecclesiastes 9:14-16

New American Standard Bible

¹⁴ there ^(A)was a small city with few men in it, and a great king came to it, surrounded it, and constructed large siegeworks against it. ¹⁵ But there was found in it a ^(B)poor wise man, and he ^[a]saved the city ^(C)by his wisdom. Yet ^(D)no one remembered that poor man. ¹⁶ So I said, “^(E)Wisdom is better than strength.” But the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are ^[b]ignored.