the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Proverbs 24:5
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A wise [noble] man is strong; Yes, a man of knowledge increases might
Wise people have great power, and those with knowledge have great strength.
A wise warrior is strong, and a man of knowledge makes his strength stronger;
A wise man [is] strong; and a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
A wise man has great power; And a knowledgeable man increases strength;
A wise man is strong, And a man of knowledge strengthens his power;
A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might,
A wijs man is strong, and a lerned man is stalworth and miyti.
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might.
A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.
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Wisdom brings strength, and knowledge gives power.A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might.
A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater.
A wise man is strong; yes, a man of knowledge grows in strength.
A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
Wisdom makes a man more powerful. Knowledge gives a man strength.
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
A wise man is strong, yea a man of knowledge encreaseth strength.
A wise man is strong. A man of much learning adds to his strength.
Wise warriors are mightier than strong ones, and those who have knowledge than those who have strength;
A wise man is strong: for a man of vnderstanding encreaseth his strength.
A wise man is better than a strong man; yea, a man of knowledge than a mighty man.
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Being wise is better than being strong; yes, knowledge is more important than strength.A wise man, is mighty, and, a man of knowledge, becometh alert in vigour.
A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant.
A wise man is mightier than a strong man, and a man of knowledge than he who has strength;
A wise man is [euer] strong: yea a man of vnderstanding increaseth strength.
A wise man is better than a strong man; and a man who has prudence than a large estate.
A wise warrior is better than a strong one,and a man of knowledge than one of strength;
A wise man has great power; And a knowledgeable man increases strength;
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
The warrior of wisdom is in strength, and a man of knowledge is strong in power.
A wise warrior is in strength: yes, a man of knowledge firms up power.
Mighty [is] the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,
A wyse ma is stroge, yee a ma of vnderstodinge is better, the he yt is mightie of stregth.
21 It's better to be wise than strong; intelligence outranks muscle any day. Strategic planning is the key to warfare; to win, you need a lot of good counsel.
A wise man is strong, And a person of knowledge increases power.
A wise man is strong, Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength;
A wise man is strong, And a man of knowledge increases power.
A wise man is strong,And a man of knowledge strengthens his power.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
A wise: Proverbs 8:14, Proverbs 10:29, Proverbs 21:22, Ecclesiastes 7:19, Ecclesiastes 9:14-18
strong: Heb. in strength
increaseth strength: Heb. strengtheneth might. Psalms 84:7, Isaiah 40:31, Colossians 1:11
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 12:32 - all their Ecclesiastes 8:1 - a man's Ecclesiastes 9:16 - Wisdom Isaiah 36:5 - vain words Daniel 2:23 - who hast
Cross-References
So they called Rebekah. "Are you willing to go with this man?" they asked her. And she replied, "Yes, I will go."
If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go,
"You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.
Wise people think before they act; fools don't—and even brag about their foolishness.
Then when you swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,' you could do so with truth, justice, and righteousness. Then you would be a blessing to the nations of the world, and all people would come and praise my name."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A wise man [is] strong,.... He can do that sometimes by his wisdom, and which requires strength and courage too, which another cannot do by his strength; see Proverbs 21:22. This may be understood of one that is spiritually wise, wise unto salvation, wise for another world, is made to know true wisdom in the hidden part. The Stoic philosophers say much of their wise man; that he is happy, and rich, and mighty, and even a king; all which may be said more truly of a good man; he is strong, not absolutely, but comparatively, in comparison of what he himself was; and wicked men are without strength, and do not seek for any elsewhere; nor do they, nor can they do, that which is spiritually good, and are ignorant of their weakness: but so is not a wise man; he has some spiritual strength; he seeks to Christ for more, and, through Christ strengthening him, does all things; and is sensible of his own weakness, and finds that when he is weak he is strong: one eminently wise is strong, in comparison of less knowing and more feeble saints; some are children in knowledge, weak in faith and in conduct, more easily drawn into sin and temptation than others; and, in comparison of these, some are strong, who are to bear with and support the weak, and restore them. A wise man is strong, not in and of himself; he cannot think a good thought, nor do a good action, nor preserve himself from sin and Satan; but he is strong in Christ, and in the power of his might, and in his grace; and, through spiritual strength communicated to him, his heart is strengthened, and the work of grace in his heart; he is strengthened to exercise grace more strongly, to perform the duties of religion, to bear the cross of Christ, to withstand temptations, and to oppose his own corruptions. It may be rendered, "a wise man [is] in strength" c; he is in Christ the strong hold, whither, as a prisoner of hope, he has fled and turned into; he is in the strong tower, into which he has run and is safe; he is surrounded with the might and power of God on all sides, by which he is kept;
yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength; a spiritual man, a man endued with spiritual knowledge, with the knowledge of Christ, and salvation by him; as he has a degree of spiritual strength, he increases therein; he grows stronger and stronger, he goes from strength to strength; the more he knows of Christ, the more strongly he trusts in him and loves him, and the more able he is to resist Satan's temptations; and is a better match for false teachers who deceive the hearts of the simple: spiritual strength is increased by means of the word of God, by the promises of the Gospel, and by the ordinances of it.
c בעוז "in fortitudine", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus; "in robore", Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Is strong - literally, as in the margin; i. e., rooted and established in strength.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 24:5. A wise man is strong. — His wisdom enables him to construct a great variety of machines, by which, under his own influence, he can do the labour of a hundred or even a thousand men. But in all cases wisdom gives power and influence; and he who is wise to salvation can overcome even Satan himself. The Septuagint has: "The wise is better than the strong; and the man who has prudence, than a stout husbandman."
