Ecclesiastes 9:16-18

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶So I said, “Wisdom is better than might; yet the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

¹⁷The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded
than the shouting of a ruler among fools.
¹⁸Wisdom is better than weapons of war,
but one bungler destroys much good.

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