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Ecclesiastes 4:13

“Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.”

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¹¹Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?

¹²And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

¹³Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

¹⁴For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.

¹⁵I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.

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