Proverbs 24:5

WEB

⁵A wise man has great power. A knowledgeable man increases strength,

KJV

⁵A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

BSB

⁵A wise man is strong,^[+] and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.

FBV

⁵If you have wisdom, you are strong; if you have knowledge, your power increases,

Extra References

Ecclesiastes 7:19

¹⁹Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

Colossians 1:11

¹¹strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

Proverbs 21:22

²²A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.

Psalms 84:7

⁷They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

Isaiah 40:31

³¹but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Proverbs 8:14

¹⁴Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.

Proverbs 10:29

²⁹The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

¹⁴There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. ¹⁵Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. ¹⁶Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. ¹⁷The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools. ¹⁸Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.