Ecclesiastes 4:13 meaning and explanation
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
Ecclesiastes 4:13, Berean Standard Bible
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The Preacher, the narrator of Ecclesiastes, has been surveying life under the sun and now offers a small parable. A poor young man, wise despite his low estate, is set above an old king who has grown foolish and can no longer receive a warning.
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