Ecclesiastes 4:14

A Conservative Version

For he came forth out of prison to be king, yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

Cross References

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph. And they brought him hastily out of the dungeon, and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in to Pharaoh.

Job 5:11

so that he sets up on high those who are low, and those who mourn are exalted to safety.

Daniel 4:31

While the word was in the king's mouth, a voice from heaven fell, [saying], O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken: The kingdom is departed from thee.

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

2 Kings 25:7

And they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

2 Kings 24:12

And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers. And the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

2 Kings 24:6

So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

Ecclesiastes 4:15

I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, who stood up in his stead.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises up the poor out of the dust, he lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with rulers, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.