Ecclesiastes 9:15-17

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¹⁵ Now there was a poor but wise man in the town who used his wisdom to ·save [rescue] his town. But later on, ·everyone forgot about him [^Lno one remembered that poor wise man]. ¹⁶ I ·still think [^Lsaid that] wisdom is better than strength. But ·those people forgot about the poor man’s wisdom [^Lthe wisdom of the poor wise man was despised], and they stopped listening to what he said.