Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.


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Genesis 37 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
Exodus 23 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Exodus 32 18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
Leviticus 21 18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
Leviticus 26 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
Numbers 13 31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
Deuteronomy 1 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Deuteronomy 8 17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
1 Kings 4 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
1 Kings 10 7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
1 Kings 12 13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
2 Chronicles 1 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
2 Chronicles 1 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
2 Chronicles 9 6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
2 Chronicles 15 7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
Esther 1 13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
Job 5 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 5 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 9 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Job 9 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
Job 11 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job 11 12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job 12 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Job 12 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Job 15 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 15 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 24 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Job 26 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
Job 28 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Job 32 7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
Job 32 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 34 35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
Job 36 5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
Job 37 24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Job 38 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Psalms 8 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Psalms 10 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 25 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalms 33 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 38 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Psalms 38 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Psalms 39 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 49 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 52 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Psalms 69 33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Psalms 75 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalms 84 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Psalms 92 6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.