Ecclesiastes 4:13
A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come.
Bible (Bishops')
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
12One may be ouercome, but two may make resistaunce: A three folde gable is not lightly broken.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:1Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.
Proverbs 28:15As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare, so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore 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 →