Ecclesiastes 4:13

American Standard Version (1901)

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

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  • Eccl 9:15-16 : 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
  • Gen 37:2 : 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah, Micaiah the son of Imlah: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
  • 2 Chr 16:9-9 : 9 For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars. 10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
  • 2 Chr 24:20-22 : 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you. 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah. 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said unto him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
  • Prov 19:1 : 1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
  • Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.
  • Prov 28:15-16 : 15 [ As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people. 16 The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; [But] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

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  • Eccl 4:14-15
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    14For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

    15I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.

  • Eccl 9:15-17
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    15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

    16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

    17The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
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    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Prov 15:20-21
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    20A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

    21Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

  • Prov 17:24-25
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    24Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

  • Prov 10:1
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    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 29:15
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    15The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

  • Prov 28:6-7
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    6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.

    7Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son; But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.

  • Prov 17:6-7
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    6Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

    7Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

  • Prov 13:1
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    1A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

  • Eccl 10:16
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    16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

  • Prov 17:2
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    2A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] the folly of fools is [only] folly.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Eccl 7:10-11
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    10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

    11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? [or] what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.

  • Prov 23:24
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    24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

  • Isa 3:4
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    4And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

  • Prov 14:18
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    18The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

  • Prov 4:1
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    1Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

  • Prov 27:11
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    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • Prov 30:22
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    22For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

  • Prov 17:10
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    10A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

  • Eccl 2:13
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    13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

  • Job 32:9
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    9It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.

  • Eccl 2:16
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    16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

  • Prov 19:13
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    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.