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2 Samuel 20:16
Then a wise woman got up on the wall, and crying out from the town, said, Give ear, give ear; say now to Joab, Come near, so that I may have talk with you.

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2 Samuel 20:17
And he came near, and the woman said, Are you Joab? And he said in answer, I am. Then she said, Give ear to your servant's words. And he said, I am giving ear.

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2 Samuel 20:18
Then she said, In the old days, there was a saying, Let them put the question in Abel and in Dan, saying, Has what was ordered by men of good faith in Israel ever come to an end?

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Ecclesiastes 9:14
There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.

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Ecclesiastes 9:15
Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.

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Ecclesiastes 9:16
Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

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Ecclesiastes 9:17
The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

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Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.

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2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:

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Proverbs 21:22
A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.

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Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.

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Ecclesiastes 9:13
This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

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