Proverbs 21:22

A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty,.... Which makes good what is elsewhere said, that "wisdom is better than strength", Ecc 9:16; and sometimes more is done by prudence and wisdom, by art and…

Even in war, counsel does more than brute strength. So of the warfare which is carried on in the inner battlefield of the soul. There also wisdom is mighty to the “pulling down of strongholds” (2Co…

Note, 1. Those that have power are apt to promise themselves great things from their power. The city of the mighty thinks itself impregnable, and therefore its strength is the confidence thereof, what…

While asserting the superiority of skill to force in actual warfare (comp. Jos 8:3-29; Ecc 9:13-15), the proverb admits of higher applications. Comp. 2Co 10:4, where as Dean Plumptre (Speaker's Comm.)…