Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a child poor but wise, than a king old and foolish, who will no more be admonished.
Noyes Bible
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 out of prison cometh forth such a one to reign; for in his own kingdom he was born a poor man.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:1Better is the poor man who walketh in his integrity, Than he who is of false lips and a fool.
Proverbs 28:15As a roaring lion and a hungry bear, So is a wicked ruler over a needy 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 →