Ecclesiastes 9:14-16

Good News Translation

¹⁴ There was a little town without many people in it. A powerful king attacked it. He surrounded it and prepared to break through the walls. ¹⁵ Someone lived there who was poor, but so clever that he could have saved the town. But no one thought about him.^{[a] 16} I have always said that wisdom is better than strength, but no one thinks of the poor as wise or pays any attention to what they say.