CLV(i)
13 I also saw this wisdom under the sun, And it seemed great to me:"
14 There was a small city with only a few mortals in it, And a great king came against it and surrounded it, And he built great siege works against it."
15 Now a man was available in it, provident and wise, And he would have provided escape for the city by his wisdom, Yet not one person remembered that provident man."
16 So I said, Better is wisdom than mastery, Yet the wisdom of a provident man is despised, And his words are no longer hearkened to."
17 The words of wise men, hearkened to in rest, Are better than the outcry of a ruler among the stupid."
18 Wisdom is better than implements of attack, Yet one sinner destroys much good."