Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

Cross References (9)

  • 2 Chronicles 25:16 (5)

    While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So

  • Proverbs 19:1 (5)

    Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.

  • 2 Chronicles 16:9–10 (4)

    For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are

  • Proverbs 28:15–16 (4)

    Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.

  • 1 Kings 22:8 (3)

    The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he

  • Genesis 37:2 (2)

    This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons

  • Ecclesiastes 9:15–16 (2)

    Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

  • Proverbs 28:6 (2)

    Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:20–22 (1)

    Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them,