13 Better was ja poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how kto take advice.
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Ecclesiastes 9:15–16
But there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man. But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man’s wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.
Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
but a wise man listens to advice.
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