Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pro 24:5A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
Phrase of Scripture   Correlating Passages TSK Help

A wise   Pro 8:14; Pro 10:29; Pro 21:22; Ecc 7:19; Ecc 9:14-18
strong   Heb. in strength
increaseth strength   Heb. strengtheneth might. Psa 84:7; Isa 40:31; Col 1:11
Correlating Passages
A wise
Pro 8:14 Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength.
Pro 10:29 The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
Pro 21:22 A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Ecc 7:19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city.
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:
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.
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.
Ecc 9:17 The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Ecc 9:18 Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
increaseth strength
Psa 84:7 They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.
Isa 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.
Col 1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 24:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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