Pro 24:5
A wise man {is} strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. {is strong: Heb. is in strength} {increaseth...: Heb. strengtheneth might}
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Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty {men} which are in the city.
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
A wise {man} scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Counsel {is} mine, and sound wisdom: I {am} understanding; I have strength.
They go from strength to strength, {every one of them} in Zion appeareth before God. {strength to...: or, company to company}
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew {their} strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; {and} they shall walk, and not faint. {renew: Heb. change}
The way of the LORD {is} strength to the upright: but destruction {shall be} to the workers of iniquity.
{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:
Then said I, Wisdom {is} better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom {is} despised, and his words are not heard.
A wise {man} scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
And of the children of Issachar, {which were men} that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them {were} two hundred; and all their brethren {were} at their commandment.
Counsel {is} mine, and sound wisdom: I {am} understanding; I have strength.
I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast {now} made known unto us the king's matter.
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty {men} which are in the city.
Who {is} as the wise {man}? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. {the boldness: Heb. the strength}
I say, {sayest thou}, (but {they are but} vain words) {I have} counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? {vain...: Heb. a word of lips} {I have...: or, but counsel and strength are for the war}