SEV Biblia, Chapter 21:22
¶ La ciudad de los fuertes tomó el sabio, y derribó la fuerza en que ella confiaba.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:22
Verse 22. A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty ] Wisdom is in many respects preferable to strength, even in the case of defense. See what skill does in the fortification and reduction of strong places.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 22. A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty , etc.] Which makes good what is elsewhere said, that “wisdom is better than strength”, ( Ecclesiastes 9:16); and sometimes more is done by prudence and wisdom, by art and cunning, by schemes and stratagems, than by power and force; especially in military affairs, and particularly in besieging and taking fortified cities; when one wise man, by his wisdom, may so order and manage things, as to be able, with a few under his command, to mount the walls of a city and take it, though defended by a mighty garrison in it. This may be applied to, our Lord Jesus Christ entering into the city of a man’s heart, possessed by the strong man armed; overcoming him, taking from him his armour, and dividing his spoil, ( Luke 11:21,22); compare with this ( Ecclesiastes 9:14,15); and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof ; the strong walls, bulwarks, and such fortifications, in which the mighty in the city placed their confidence: and the like does Christ, when he enters into the heart of a sinner by his word and spirit; he destroys all its former strong confidences, and brings it into subjection to himself, ( 2 Corinthians 10:4,5).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 22 - Those that have wisdom, often do great things, even against thos confident of their strength.
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