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Ecclesiastes 4:14

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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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  1. Ecclesiastes 4:12

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

  2. Ecclesiastes 4:13

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

  3. Ecclesiastes 4:15

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

  4. Ecclesiastes 4:16

    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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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.