Ecclesiastes 4:12-14

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¹²If someone attacks one of them, the two of them together will resist. Furthermore, the tri-braided cord is not soon broken.

There’s No Fool Like an Old Fool

¹³A poor but wise youth is better
    than an old but foolish king
        who will no longer accept correction.
¹⁴The former can come out of prison to reign,
    while the latter, even if born to^[a] kingship, may become poor.

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Ecclesiastes 4:14 Lit. to his

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There’s No Fool Like an Old Fool

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Ecclesiastes 4:12-14

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