Ecclesiastes 4:14

New Century Version

A boy became king. He had been born poor in the kingdom and had even gone to prison before becoming king.

Cross References

Genesis 41:14

So the king called for Joseph. The guards quickly brought him out of the prison, and he shaved, put on clean clothes, and went before the king.

2 Kings 24:12

Jehoiachin king of Judah surrendered to the king of Babylon, along with Jehoiachin’s mother, servants, nobles, and officers. So Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiachin a prisoner in the eighth year he was king of Babylon.

2 Kings 24:6

Jehoiakim died, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

2 Kings 25:7

They killed Zedekiah’s sons as he watched. Then they put out his eyes and put bronze chains on him and took him to Babylon.

Job 5:11

He makes the humble person important and lifts the sad to places of safety.

Ecclesiastes 4:15

I watched all the people who live on earth follow him and make him their king.

Lamentations 4:20

The Lord’s appointed king, who was our very breath, was caught in their traps. We had said about him, “We will be protected by him among the nations.”

Daniel 4:31

The words were still in his mouth when a voice from heaven said, “King Nebuchadnezzar, these things will happen to you: Your royal power has been taken away from you.

1 Samuel 2:8

The Lord raises the poor up from the dust, and he lifts the needy from the ashes. He lets the poor sit with princes and receive a throne of honor. “The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and the Lord set the world upon them.