“A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Proverbs 21 contains 31 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.