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2 Samuel 20:16
Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I may speak with you.’ ”

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2 Samuel 20:17
He came near to her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Hear the words of your servant.” He answered, “I’m listening.”

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2 Samuel 20:18
Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel,’ and so they settled a matter.

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Ecclesiastes 9:14
There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

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Ecclesiastes 9:15
Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

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Ecclesiastes 9:16
Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

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Ecclesiastes 9:17
The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

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Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.

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2 Samuel 14:2
Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil; but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.

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Proverbs 21:22
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.

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Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

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Ecclesiastes 9:13
I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.

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