Ecclesiastes 4:13
New King James Version
Popularity Passes Away
13 Better a poor and wise youth
Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more.
Ecclesiastes 9:13-18
New King James Version
Wisdom Superior to Folly
13 This wisdom I have also seen under the sun, and it seemed great to me: 14 (A)There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great [a]snares around it. 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man.
16 Then I said:
“Wisdom is better than (B)strength.
Nevertheless (C)the poor man’s wisdom is despised,
And his words are not heard.
17 Words of the wise, spoken quietly, should be heard
Rather than the shout of a ruler of fools.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war;
But (D)one sinner destroys much good.”
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 9:14 LXX, Syr., Vg. bulwarks
Ecclesiastes 10:16
New King James Version
16 (A)Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,
And your princes feast in the morning!
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