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