Proverbs 21:22 Cross References

Proverbs 21:22

22: The wise conquer the city of the strong and level the fortress in which they trust.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

  1. A wise person is stronger than the ten leading citizens of a town!

Proverbs 24:5

  1. A wise man is mightier than a strong man, and a man of knowledge is more powerful than a strong man.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

  1. Here is another bit of wisdom that has impressed me as I have watched the way our world works.
  2. There was a small town with only a few people living in it, and a great king came with his army and besieged it.
  3. There was a poor, wise man living there who knew how to save the town, and so it was rescued. But afterward no one thought any more about him.
  4. Then I realized that though wisdom is better than strength, those who are wise will be despised if they are poor. What they say will not be appreciated for long.
  5. But even so, the quiet words of a wise person are better than the shouts of a foolish king.

2 Samuel 20:16

  1. But a wise woman in the city called out to Joab, "Listen to me, Joab. Come over here so I can talk to you."
  2. As he approached, the woman asked, "Are you Joab?I am," he replied. So she said, "Listen carefully to your servant.I'm listening," he said.
  3. Then she continued, "There used to be a saying, `If you want to settle an argument, ask advice at the city of Abel.'
  4. I am one who is peace loving and faithful in Israel. But you are destroying a loyal city. Why do you want to destroy what belongs to the LORD?"
  5. And Joab replied, "Believe me, I don't want to destroy your city!

2 Samuel 5:6

  1. David then led his troops to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebusites. "You'll never get in here," the Jebusites taunted. "Even the blind and lame could keep you out!" For the Jebusites thought they were safe.
  2. But David captured the fortress of Zion, now called the City of David.
  3. When the insulting message from the defenders of the city reached David, he told his own troops, "Go up through the water tunnel into the city and destroy those `lame' and `blind' Jebusites. How I hate them." That is the origin of the saying, "The blind and the lame may not enter the house."
  4. So David made the fortress his home, and he called it the City of David. He built additional fortifications around the city, starting at the Millo and working inward.
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