Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



This town, now, is near, and it is a little one: O, let me go there (is it not a little one?) so that my life may be safe. Verse ConceptsSmallnessSmall ThingsKeeping Oneself AliveOthers Who Fled

There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it. Verse ConceptsFew People

There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it. Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man. Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.


A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith. Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human NatureCities Under AttackPeople Overcoming

There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it. Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man. Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing. read more.
The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish. Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.

Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.