Ecclesiastes 4:13

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer pays attention to warnings.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:16

While he was still speaking to him, the king asked, ‘Have we made you the king’s counsellor? Stop, why should you lose your life? ’ So the prophet stopped, but he said, ‘I know that God intends to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.’

Proverbs 19:1

Better a poor person who lives with integrity than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

Proverbs 28:6

Better the poor person who lives with integrity than the rich one who distorts right and wrong.  ,

1 Kings 22:8

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, ‘There is still one man who can enquire of the Lord, but I hate him  because he never prophesies good about me,  but only disaster. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.’ ‘The king shouldn’t say that! ’ Jehoshaphat replied.

Genesis 37:2

These are the family records of Jacob. At seventeen years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers. The young man was working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives,  and he brought a bad report about them to their father.

Ecclesiastes 4:12

And if someone overpowers one person, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not easily broken.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes the wise person stronger than ten rulers of a city.