Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Note who…: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- is a poor
- Ecclesiastes 9:15, 16; Genesis 37:2; Proverbs 19:1; Proverbs 28:6, 15, 16
- will no more be
- Heb. knoweth not to be.
- 1 Kings 22:8; 2 Chronicles 16:9, 10; 2 Chronicles 24:20–22; 2 Chronicles 25:16