Ecclesiastes 9:13

In context

11Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; that bread is not to the wise, nor riches to the discerning, nor favor to those who know; for time and chance meet them all. 12For man does not know his time either. Like fish caught in a cruel net, like birds caught in a snare, so are the sons of man trapped at an evil time, when it falls upon them suddenly. 13This too I saw as wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me. 14There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built great siegeworks against it. 15And there was found in it a poor wise man, and he saved the city by his wisdom — and no one remembered that poor man.