Ecclesiastes 4:13-15

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹³ Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king, who will no longer take advice. ¹⁴ One can indeed come out of prison to reign, even though born poor in the kingdom. ¹⁵ I saw all the living who, moving about under the sun, follow that^[a] youth who replaced the king;^[b]