Ecclesiastes 7:19 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁹Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

Ecclesiastes 7:19 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 1:9-11
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; …
Proverbs 21:22
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Ecclesiastes 9:13-18
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: …
Proverbs 24:5
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
2 Samuel 20:16-22
Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 11-22)

Solomon, in these verses, recommends wisdom to us as the best antidote against those distempers of mind which we are liable to, by reason of the vanity and vexation of spirit that there are in the things of this world. Here are some of the praises and the precepts of wisdom. I. The praises of wisdom. Many things are here said in its commendation, to engage us to get and retain wisdom. 1. Wisdom is…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 19)

19. Hebrew, “The wisdom,” that is, the true wisdom, religion (2Ti 3:15). than ten mighty--that is, able and valiant generals (Ec 7:12; 9:13-18; Pr 21:22; 24:5). These “watchmen wake in vain, except the Lord keep the city” (Psa 127:1).