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Ecclesiastes 9:15

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Bonaventure

"And there was found in it" etc. Here is noted the succor of wisdom, where there was a deficiency of power: therefore he says: "And there was found in it a poor man," and thus powerless: "and wise, and he delivered the city by his wisdom." An example of this, how a wise person delivered, is found concerning Judith in her book, how she delivered Bethulia from Holofernes by her wisdom, though she was weak. Another example is found in 2 Kings 20, where it is said that a wise person in Abel delivered the city from the assault of Joab. …

Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Chapter 9 ↗