Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
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מִסְכֵּן
H4542 · miçkên · mis-kane' · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
indigent
KJV usage
poor (man).
KJV renderings in this mapping
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Mapped occurrences
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.