Ecclesiastes 9 Nobody Remembered

Verses 13-18

Wisdom Better Than Folly

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 siege works 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.

EEK Those last few lines in Ecclesiastes 9! Take heed! Wisdom is from God. If we are not in the Word then we need to be because what you say is not always wise according to what is right in God's sight. To man it seems wise, but God's ways are much higher.