Ecclesiastes 4:13

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

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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 nerations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: 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 the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. 10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
  • 2 Chr 24:20-22 : 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, 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 the LORD. 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, The LORD 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, Art thou made 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 uightness, 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 the poor people. 16 The ince that wanteth understanding is also a great opessor: but he that hateth covetousness shall olong his days.

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  • Eccl 4:14-15
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    14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom bometh poor.

    15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the sond child that shall stand 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 wise men are heard in quiet more 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 destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uightly.

  • Prov 17:24-25
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    24Wisdom is before 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 instruction: but he that regardeth reoof is udent.

  • Prov 10:1
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    1The overbs 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 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 reoof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

  • Prov 28:6-7
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    6Better is the poor that walketh in his uightness, 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 riotous men 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 ince.

  • Prov 13:1
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    1A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner 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 wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over inces.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding 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 good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to 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 when he is old, he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth 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 midst of fools is made known.

  • Prov 23:24
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    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall 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
    71%

    18The simple inherit folly: but the udent 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, ye children, 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 reoacheth me.

  • Prov 30:22
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    22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

  • Prov 17:10
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    10A reoof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Wherefore is there a ice in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

  • 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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    9Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

  • Eccl 2:16
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    16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? 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 instruction: but he that regardeth reoof shall be honoured.