⁵ A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater.

²² A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.

¹⁹ Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.

¹¹ Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;

⁷ They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.

¹⁴ Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

²⁹ The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

¹⁴ There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.

¹⁵ Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.

¹⁶ Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

¹⁷ The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

¹⁸ Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.

³¹ But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.