Qoheleth
9.11-12, 16-18
I turned to observe
under
the sun
that not to the swift
the
race
nor to the wise mind
bread
discerning
favor
for time and chance
encounter
them all
I said good [is] intelligence
over
valor,
yet wisdom of the poor
is
despised
[their] voice
unheeded.
. .
[thus]
Sayings of the wise
in
quietness
being heard over
the
clamor
of one reigning
in
stupidity—
A better intelligence
than
implements of hostility
missing in error
causing
destruction
of a good many.
To capture the commendation of possibility in the pericope, read 9.12-15; translation, July 2025
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Blessed the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Kata Maqqaion 5.3
(pericope: 5.1-12, to be read within literary portion, “sermon on
mount”)
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Additional reading
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Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely
expensive it is to be poor.
- Jame Baldwin, Nobody Knows My Name (1961), “Fifth Avenue, Uptown: a letter from Harlem”
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A commentary and illustration of US collective movement in a seriously harmful way neglecting the “all” and “we” in the spirit of America in the age-old promise of prosperity [via consumption].
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Under the SPM, the number of people in poverty increased from 40.9
million in 2022 to 42.8 million in 2023.
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