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Proverbs 24:5

King James Version (KJV)
Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

A wise man is strong - His wisdom enables him to construct a great variety of machines, by which, under his own influence, he can do the labor of a hundred or even a thousand men. But in all cases wisdom gives power and influence; and he who is wise to salvation can overcome even Satan himself. The Septuagint has: "The wise is better than the strong; and the man who has prudence, than a stout husbandman."

Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

Is strong - literally, as in the margin; i. e., rooted and established in strength.

Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary
Piety and prudence in outward affairs, both go together to complete a wise man. By knowledge the soul is filled with the graces and comforts of the spirit, those precious and pleasant riches. The spirit is strengthened for the spiritual work and the spiritual warfare, by true wisdom.