Ecclesiastes 4:14

Modern English Version

He went from prison to a throne, although in his eventual kingdom he was born in poverty.

Cross References

Genesis 41:14

So Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came to Pharaoh.

2 Kings 24:12

and Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his eunuchs. 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 place.

2 Kings 25:7

They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah. They bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon.

Job 5:11

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

Ecclesiastes 4:15

Then I observed all those who live and walk under the sun, follow the youth who will replace the king.

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our life, the anointed king of the Lord, was captured in their traps, of whom we said, “Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.”

Daniel 4:31

While the word was 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!

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts up the oppressed from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit a throne of glory. “For the pillars of the earth belong to the Lord, and He has set the world upon them.