Ecclesiastes 4:13-16

International Children’s Bible

Fame and Power Are Useless

¹³ A young person may be poor but wise. He is better than a foolish, old king who doesn’t listen to advice. ¹⁴ I saw such a young person become king. He had been born poor in the kingdom. He had even gone to prison before becoming king. ¹⁵ I watched some of the people who live on earth follow him. They made him their king. ¹⁶ Yes, a great many people followed him at first. But later, they did not like him, either. So fame and power are shown to be useless. They are like chasing the wind.