15Now 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. …
Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-18)Solomon still recommends wisdom to us as necessary to the preserving of our peace and the perfecting of our business, notwithstanding the vanities and crosses which human affairs are subject to. He had said (Eccl. 9:11), Bread is not always to the wise ; yet he would not therefore be thought either to disparage, or to discourage, wisdom, no, he still retains his principle, that wisdom excels folly…
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