Proverbs 21:22
New International Version
22 One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty(A)
and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.
Proverbs 21:22
King James Version
22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
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Proverbs 24:6
New International Version
6 Surely you need guidance to wage war,
and victory is won through many advisers.(A)
Proverbs 24:6
King James Version
6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
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Ecclesiastes 9:14-18
New International Version
14 There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it. 15 Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.(A) 16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.(B)
17 The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded
than the shouts of a ruler of fools.
18 Wisdom(C) is better than weapons of war,
but one sinner destroys much good.
Ecclesiastes 9:14-18
King James Version
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.
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Luke 14:31
New International Version
31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 14:31
King James Version
31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
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Luke 14:32
New International Version
32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.
Luke 14:32
King James Version
32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
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