King James Version (KJV)

Ecclesiastes 4:13

“Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.”

Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 4

Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone]?

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also [he that is] born in his kingdom becometh poor.

I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

Reflections on life’s meaning and the pursuit of lasting purpose in God.