Ecclesiastes 9:18 BBE

¹⁶  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.

¹⁷  The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

¹⁸  Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.