Ecclesiastes 9:15
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15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man.
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Ecclesiastes 4:13
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Popularity Passes Away
13 Better a poor and wise youth
Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more.
Genesis 40:23
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23 Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but (A)forgot him.
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Ecclesiastes 2:16
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16 For there is (A)no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever,
Since all that now is will be forgotten in the days to come.
And how does a wise man die?
As the fool!
Esther 6:2-3
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2 And it was found written that Mordecai had told of [a]Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 3 Then the king said, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?”
And the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”
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- Esther 6:2 Bigthan, Esth. 2:21
2 Samuel 20:22
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22 Then the woman (A)in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. Then he blew a trumpet, and they withdrew from the city, every man to his tent. So Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.
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