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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pro 21:22 — A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
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2Sa 20:16 |
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. |
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2Sa 20:17 |
And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, [Art] thou Joab? And he answered, I [am he]. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. |
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2Sa 20:18 |
Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at Abel: and so they ended [the matter]. |
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2Sa 20:19 |
I [am one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? |
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2Sa 20:20 |
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. |
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2Sa 20:21 |
The matter [is] not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. |
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2Sa 20:22 |
Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast [it] out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. |
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Ecc 7:19 |
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city. |
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Ecc 9:13 |
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me: |
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Ecc 9:14 |
[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: |
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Ecc 9:15 |
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. |
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Ecc 9:16 |
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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Ecc 9:17 |
The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. |
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Ecc 9:18 |
Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 21:22," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Pro/21/22.html>.
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