Ecclesiastes 4:14

English Standard Version 2016

For he went from prison to the throne, though in his own kingdom he had been born poor.

Cross References

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh.

Job 5:11

he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

Daniel 4:31

While the words were still in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you,

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the Lord’s anointed, was captured in their pits, of whom we said, “Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.”

2 Kings 25:7

They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains and took him to Babylon.

2 Kings 24:12

and Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign

2 Kings 24:6

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

Ecclesiastes 4:15

I saw all the living who move about under the sun, along with that youth who was to stand in the king’s place.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on them he has set the world.