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|Eclesiastés 9:11|
I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favour to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.
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|Eclesiastés 9:12|
Moreover, no man knows when his hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so men are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them.
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13
|Eclesiastés 9:13|
I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:
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14
|Eclesiastés 9:14|
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.
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15
|Eclesiastés 9:15|
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.
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16
|Eclesiastés 9:16|
So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.
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17
|Eclesiastés 9:17|
The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.
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18
|Eclesiastés 9:18|
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
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