Ecclesiastes 4:13

Bishops' Bible (1568)

A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come.

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  • Eccl 9:15-16 : 15 And in the citie there was founde a poore man, but he was wyse, whiche with his wysdome deliuered the citie, yet was there no body that had any respect to such a simple man. 16 Then sayd I, wysdome is better then strength: Neuerthelesse, a simple mans wysdome is despised, and his wordes are not hearde.
  • Gen 37:2 : 2 These are ye generations of Iacob: when Ioseph was seuenteen yeres olde, he kept sheepe with his brethren, and the ladde was with ye sonnes of Bilha, and with the sonnes of Zilpha, his fathers wyues. And Ioseph brought vnto his father their euyll report.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel sayde vnto Iehosaphat: There is yet one man (Michea the sonne of Iimla) by whom we may aske counsell of the Lorde: But I hate him, for he doth not prophecie good vnto me, but euyll. And Iehosaphat sayde: Let not the king say so.
  • 2 Chr 16:9-9 : 9 For the eyes of the Lorde beholde all the earth, to strength them that are of perfect heart toward him: Herein thou hast done foolishly, and therefore from hencefoorth thou shalt haue warre. 10 And so Asa was wroth with the sear, and put him into a prison house, for he was displeased with him because of this thing: And Asa destroyed certaine of the people the same season.
  • 2 Chr 24:20-22 : 20 And the spirite of God came vpon Zacharia the sonne of Iehoiada the priest, which stoode by the people, and sayd vnto them, thus sayth God: Why transgresse ye the commaundementes of the Lorde, that ye can not prosper? For because ye haue forsaken the Lord, he also hath forsaken you. 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commaundement of the king, euen in the court of the house of the Lorde. 22 And so Ioas the king remembred not ye kindnesse whiche Iehoiada his father had done to him, but slue his sonne: And when he died, he sayde, The Lorde loke vpon it, and require it.
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 And it chaunced, that as ye prophete talked with him, the king saide vnto him: Haue men made thee of the kinges counsel: Ceasse, why wylt thou be beaten? And the prophete ceassed, and said: I am sure that God is minded to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and agreest not vnto my counsell.
  • Prov 19:1 : 1 Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.
  • Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is he that walketh in his vprightnes: then he that peruerteth his wayes, and is riche.
  • Prov 28:15-16 : 15 As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare, so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people. 16 Where the prince is without vnderstanding, there is great oppression and wrong: but if he hateth couetousnes, he shall long raigne.

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  • Eccl 4:14-15
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    14Some one commeth out of prison, and is made a kyng: and another which is borne in the kyngdome, commeth vnto pouertie.

    15And I perceaued that all men lyuyng vnder the sunne, go with the seconde childe that shall stande vp in the steade of the other.

  • Eccl 9:15-17
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    15And in the citie there was founde a poore man, but he was wyse, whiche with his wysdome deliuered the citie, yet was there no body that had any respect to such a simple man.

    16Then sayd I, wysdome is better then strength: Neuerthelesse, a simple mans wysdome is despised, and his wordes are not hearde.

    17A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
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    4The heart of the wise is in the mourning house: but the heart of the foolishe is in the house of myrth.

    5It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles:

  • Prov 15:20-21
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    20A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother.

    21Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.

  • Prov 17:24-25
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    24Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.

    25An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 10:1
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    1A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Foolishnes is bounde in the heart of the chylde: and the rodde of correction shall driue it away.

  • Prov 29:15
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    15The rodde and correction geueth wisdome: but a childe left to his owne will, bryngeth his mother to shame.

  • Prov 28:6-7
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    6Better is he that walketh in his vprightnes: then he that peruerteth his wayes, and is riche.

    7Who so kepeth the lawe, is a chylde of vnderstanding: but he that is a companion of riotous men, shameth his father.

  • Prov 17:6-7
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    6Childers children are a crowne of the aged, and the fathers are the honour of the children.

    7Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince.

  • Prov 13:1
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    1A wise sonne wil hearken to his fathers warnyng: but he that is scorneful wil not heare when he is reproued.

  • Eccl 10:16
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    16Wo be vnto thee O thou lande, whose kyng is but a chylde, and whose princes are early at their bankettes.

  • Prov 17:2
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    2A discrete seruaunt shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and shal haue heritage with the brethren.

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3Yea him that is yet vnborne, to be better at ease then they both: because he seeth not the miserable workes that are done vnder the sunne.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise: but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Eccl 7:10-11
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    10Say not thou, What is the cause that the dayes of the old time were better then they that be nowe? for that were no wyse question.

    11Wysdome with inheritaunce is good, yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne:

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6Teache a chylde what way he should go: for he shall not leaue it when he is olde.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto wise counsayles.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8For what hath the wise more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke with fooles before the lyuyng?

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng:

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.

  • Prov 23:24
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    24The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wyse chylde, shall haue ioy of hym.

  • Isa 3:4
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    4And I shall geue children to be their princes, and babes shall rule ouer them.

  • Prov 14:18
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    18The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession: but the wyse are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise: but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough.

  • Prov 4:1
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    1Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding.

  • Prov 27:11
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    11My sonne be wyse, and make me a glad heart, that I may make aunswere vnto my rebukers.

  • Prov 30:22
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    22A seruaunt that beareth rule, a foole that is full fedde,

  • Prov 17:10
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    10One reproofe more feareth a wise man, then an hundred stripes doth a foole.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto?

  • Eccl 2:13
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    13And I sawe that wisdome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.

  • Job 32:9
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    9Great men are not alway wyse, neither doth euery aged man vnderstande the thing that is lawfull:

  • Eccl 2:16
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    16For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.

  • Prov 19:13
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    13An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father, and a brawlyng wyfe is like the toppe of an house wherthrough it is euer dropping.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouertie and shame: but who so regardeth correction, shall come to honour.