Ecclesiastes 9:13-18

Bishops^{(i) 13} This wysdome haue I seene also vnder the sunne, and me thought it a great thing ¹⁴ There was a litle citie and a few men within it: so there came a great kyng and besieged it, and made great bulwarkes against it ¹⁵ And in the citie there was founde a poore man, but he was wyse, whiche with his wysdome deliuered the citie, yet was there no body that had any respect to such a simple man ¹⁶ Then sayd I, wysdome is better then strength: Neuerthelesse, a simple mans wysdome is despised, and his wordes are not hearde ¹⁷ A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles ¹⁸ For wysdome is better then harnesse: but one sinner alone destroyeth muche goodnesse