Ecclesiastes 4:13

Geneva Bible (1560)

Better is a poore and wise childe, then an olde and foolish King, which will no more be admonished.

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  • Eccl 9:15-16 : 15 And there was founde therein a poore and wise man, and he deliuered the citie by his wisedome: but none remembred this poore man. 16 Then said I, Better is wisdome then stregth: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard.
  • Gen 37:2 : 2 These are the generations of Iaakob, when Ioseph was seuenteene yeere olde: he kept sheepe with his brethren, and the childe was with the sonnes of Bilhah, and with the sonnes of Zilpah, his fathers wiues; Ioseph brought vnto their father their euill saying.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the King of Israel said vnto Iehoshaphat, There is yet one man (Michaiah the sonne of Imlah) by whom we may aske counsel of the Lord, but I hate him: for he doeth not prophecie good vnto me, but euill; Iehoshaphat sayd, Let not the King say so.
  • 2 Chr 16:9-9 : 9 For the eyes of the Lorde beholde all the earth to shewe him selfe strong with them that are of perfite heart towarde him: thou hast then done foolishly in this: therefore from henceforth thou shalt haue warres. 10 Then Asa was wroth with the Seer, and put him into a prison: for he was displeased with him, because of this thing; Asa oppressed certaine of the people at the same time.
  • 2 Chr 24:20-22 : 20 And the Spirit of God came vpon Zechariah the sonne of Iehoiada the Priest, which stoode aboue the people, and sayde vnto them, Thus sayth God, Why transgresse ye the commaundements of the Lorde? surely ye shall not prosper: because ye haue forsaken the Lorde, he also hath forsaken you. 21 Then they conspired against him & stoned him with stones at the commandement of the King, in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Ioash the King remembred not the kindnesse which Iehoiada his father had done to him, but slewe his sonne; when he dyed, he sayd, The Lord looke vpon it, and require it.
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 And as he talked with him, he said vnto him, Haue they made thee the Kings counseler? cease thou: why should they smite thee? And the Prophet ceased, but said, I knowe that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not obeyed my counsell.
  • Prov 19:1 : 1 Better is ye poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, & is a foole.
  • Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poore that walketh in his vprightnesse, then hee that peruerteth his wayes, though he be riche.
  • Prov 28:15-16 : 15 As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people. 16 A prince destitute of vnderstanding, is also a great oppressour: but hee that hateth couetousnes, shall prolong his dayes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 4:14-15
    2 verses
    80%

    14 For out of the prison he commeth forth to reigne: when as he that is borne in his kingdome, is made poore.

    15 I behelde all the liuing, which walke vnder the sunne, with the second childe, which shall stand vp in his place.

  • Eccl 9:15-17
    3 verses
    76%

    15 And there was founde therein a poore and wise man, and he deliuered the citie by his wisedome: but none remembred this poore man.

    16 Then said I, Better is wisdome then stregth: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard.

    17 The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.

  • Prov 19:1
    76%

    1 Better is ye poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, & is a foole.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
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    4 (7:6) The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth.

    5 (7:7) Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

    21 Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

  • Prov 17:24-25
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    24 Wisdome is in the face of him that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of a foole are in the corners of the world.

    25 A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

  • Prov 15:5
    75%

    5 A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.

  • Prov 10:1
    74%

    1 A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.

  • Prov 22:15
    74%

    15 Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.

  • Prov 29:15
    74%

    15 The rodde and correction giue wisdome: but a childe set a libertie, maketh his mother ashamed.

  • Prov 28:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 Better is the poore that walketh in his vprightnesse, then hee that peruerteth his wayes, though he be riche.

    7 He that keepeth the Law, is a childe of vnderstanding: but hee that feedeth the gluttons, shameth his father.

  • Prov 17:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 Childres children are the crowne of the elders: and the glory of ye children are their fathers.

    7 Hie talke becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying talke a prince.

  • Prov 13:1
    74%

    1 A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will heare no rebuke.

  • Eccl 10:16
    73%

    16 Woe to thee, O lande, when thy King is a childe, and thy princes eate in the morning.

  • Prov 17:2
    73%

    2 A discrete seruant shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and hee shall deuide the heritage among the brethren.

  • Eccl 4:3
    73%

    3 And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.

  • Prov 19:10
    73%

    10 Pleasure is not comely for a foole, much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.

  • Prov 14:24
    73%

    24 The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.

  • Prov 16:16
    73%

    16 Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.

  • Prov 17:21
    73%

    21 He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Eccl 7:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 (7:12) Say not thou, Why is it that the former dayes were better then these? For thou doest not enquire wisely of this thing.

    11 (7:13) Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne.

  • Prov 29:20
    72%

    20 Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.

  • Prov 22:6
    72%

    6 Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.

  • Prov 1:5
    72%

    5 A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

  • Eccl 6:8
    72%

    8 For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?

  • Prov 3:13
    72%

    13 Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

  • Prov 14:33
    72%

    33 Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.

  • Prov 23:24
    72%

    24 The father of the righteous shal greatly reioyce, and hee that begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him.

  • Isa 3:4
    72%

    4 And I will appoint children to bee their princes, and babes shall rule ouer them.

  • Prov 14:18
    71%

    18 The foolish do inherite follie: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 28:11
    71%

    11 The riche man is wise in his owne conceite: but the poore that hath vnderstanding, can trie him.

  • Prov 4:1
    71%

    1 Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.

  • Prov 27:11
    71%

    11 My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

  • Prov 30:22
    71%

    22 For a seruant when he reigneth, & a foole when he is filled with meate,

  • Prov 17:10
    71%

    10 A reproofe entereth more into him that hath vnderstanding, then an hundreth stripes into a foole.

  • Prov 17:16
    71%

    16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?

  • Eccl 2:13
    71%

    13 Then I saw that there is profite in wisdome, more then in follie: as the light is more excellent then darkenes.

  • Job 32:9
    71%

    9 Great men are not alway wise, neither doe the aged alway vnderstand iudgement.

  • Eccl 2:16
    71%

    16 For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten; howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?

  • Prov 19:13
    71%

    13 A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.

  • Prov 13:18
    71%

    18 Pouertie and shame is to him that refuseth instruction: but hee that regardeth correction, shalbe honoured.

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