Ecclesiastes 4:14

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Because out of prison and chains sometimes a man cometh forth to a kingdom: and another born king is consumed with poverty.

Cross References

Genesis 41:14

Forthwith at the king's command, Joseph was brought out of the prison: and they shaved him, and changing his apparel brought him in to him.

Job 5:11

Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.

Lamentations 4:20

Res. The breath of our mouth, Christ the Lord, is taken in our sins: to whom we said: Under thy shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.

2 Kings 25:7

And he slew the sons of Sedecias before his face; and he put out his eyes, and bound him with chains, and brought him to Babylon.

2 Kings 24:12

And Joachin king of Juda went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother, and his servants, and his nobles, and his eunuchs. And the king of Babylon received him in the eighth year of his reign.

2 Kings 24:6

And Joachin his son reigned in his stead.

Ecclesiastes 4:15

I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill: that he may sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord's, and upon them he hath set the world.