Self-Interpreting Bible

¶Then cried a ^vwise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near ^*hither, that I may speak with thee.

¶Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

Ecclesiastes 9:14-18 14. There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. 16. Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17. The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 18. Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

1 Corinthians 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;