Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 21:22 in English Standard Version "A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust." 2Sa 5:6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, “You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame will ward you off”—thinking, “David cannot come in here.” Pr 24:5 A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might, Ec 7:19 Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city. Ec 9:14 There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.