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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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Deuteronomy 20:10
When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

Deuteronomy 20:11
It shall be, if it gives you answer of peace and opens to you, then it shall be that all the people who are found therein shall become forced laborers to you, and shall serve you.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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