Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who does not know how to receive admonition any more.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
In Context
14For he came forth out of prison to be king, yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:8And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the kin
2 Chronicles 24:20And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest. And he stood above the people, and said to them, Thus says God, Why do ye transgress the commandments of LORD, so that ye cannot prosper? Because ye have for
Proverbs 19:1Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Proverbs 28:15A roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 4:8-13
The Vanity of Human Wishes. 7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. 9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is… Read the whole commentary →