Ecclesiastes 9:14
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
Cross-reference
2 Samuel 20:15–22
Parallel
In 2 Samuel 20:15-22, a wise woman saves a besieged city — a very close parallel to the poor wise man's deliverance here.
Deuteronomy 20:20
Historical context
Deuteronomy 20:20 gives the law on building siegeworks — the same tactic used by the great king in this verse.
2 Samuel 20:16
Parallel
In 2 Samuel 20:15-22, a wise woman saves a besieged city — a close parallel to the poor wise man's deliverance here.
2 Samuel 20:22
Parallel
In 2 Samuel 20:22, a wise woman similarly saves a city from siege, echoing the poor wise man's deliverance.
2 Kings 6:24–33
Contrast
In 2 Kings 6:24-33, the siege brings famine and despair with no wise deliverance — contrasting with the wisdom that saves here.