Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
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Gill's Exposition
Wisdom is better than weapons of war,.... And does what they cannot do; of which the wisdom of the poor wise man is a full proof, which delivered the city from a potent prince, when weapons of war…
Barnes' Notes
Sinner - The word in the original indicates intellectual as well as moral error.
Solomon still recommends wisdom to us as necessary to the preserving of our peace and the perfecting of our business, notwithstanding the vanities and crosses which human affairs are subject to. He…
Cambridge Bible
Wisdom is better than weapons of war The maxim presents another illustration of the irony of history. The excellence of wisdom is acknowledged. Counsel is more than the materielof war; the statesman…
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