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One Must Be Willing to Listen to Counsel

13 A poor but wise youth is better than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.[a] 14 For he came out of the prison house to reign, since he was born poor in his kingdom.[b] 15 I saw all the living who move about under the sun with the youth; the second who will stand in his place.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 4:13 Literally “how to be warned”
  2. Ecclesiastes 4:14 Literally “for all in his kingdom he was born poor”