Ecclesiastes 4:13
"Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished."Ecclesiastes 4:13 (KJV)
Context from Ecclesiastes 4
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Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
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And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
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For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
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I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.