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The Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 4, Verse 13

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And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
King James Version
Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
American Standard Version
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
New English Translation
Labor Motivated by Prestige-Seeking A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.
World English Bible
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.
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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.
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[There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
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Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
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For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.
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When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for [he hath] no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
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Better [is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
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Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it [was] an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
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For in the multitude of dreams and many words [there are] also [divers] vanities: but fear thou God.