Ecclesiastes 4:14 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 4:14

14: Such a youth could come from prison and succeed. He might even become king, though he was born in poverty.

Genesis 41:14

  1. Pharaoh sent for Joseph at once, and he was brought hastily from the dungeon. After a quick shave and change of clothes, he went in and stood in Pharaoh's presence.

Job 5:11

  1. He gives prosperity to the poor and humble, and he takes sufferers to safety.

Psalms 113:7

  1. and he lifts the poor from the dirt and the needy from the garbage dump.
  2. He sets them among princes, even the princes of his own people!

Lamentations 4:20

  1. Our king, the LORD's anointed, the very life of our nation, was caught in their snares. We had foolishly boasted that under his protection we could hold our own against any nation on earth!

Genesis 41:33

  1. "My suggestion is that you find the wisest man in Egypt and put him in charge of a nationwide program.
  2. Let Pharaoh appoint officials over the land, and let them collect one-fifth of all the crops during the seven good years.
  3. Have them gather all the food and grain of these good years into the royal storehouses, and store it away so there will be food in the cities.
  4. That way there will be enough to eat when the seven years of famine come. Otherwise disaster will surely strike the land, and all the people will die."
  5. Joseph's suggestions were well received by Pharaoh and his advisers.

2 Kings 24:1

  1. During Jehoiakim's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded the land of Judah. Jehoiakim surrendered and paid him tribute for three years but then rebelled.
  2. Then the LORD sent bands of Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Judah to destroy it, just as the LORD had promised through his prophets.

Daniel 4:31

  1. "While he was still speaking these words, a voice called down from heaven, `O King Nebuchadnezzar, this message is for you! You are no longer ruler of this kingdom.

2 Kings 24:12

  1. Then King Jehoiachin, along with his advisers, nobles, and officials, and the queen mother, surrendered to the Babylonians. In the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, he took Jehoiachin prisoner.

1 Kings 14:26

  1. He ransacked the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace and stole everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.
  2. Afterward Rehoboam made bronze shields as substitutes, and he entrusted them to the care of the palace guard officers.

2 Kings 24:6

  1. When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the next king.

2 Kings 25:7

  1. The king of Babylon made Zedekiah watch as all his sons were killed. Then they gouged out Zedekiah's eyes, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon.

2 Kings 23:31

  1. Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.
  2. He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, just as his ancestors had done.
  3. Pharaoh Neco put Jehoahaz in prison at Riblah in the land of Hamath to prevent him from ruling from Jerusalem. He also demanded that Judah pay 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold as tribute.
  4. Pharaoh Neco then installed Eliakim, another of Josiah's sons, to reign in place of his father, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Jehoahaz was taken to Egypt as a prisoner, where he died.

2 Kings 25:27

  1. In the thirty-seventh year of King Jehoiachin's exile in Babylon, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to Jehoiachin and released him from prison on April 2 of that year.
  2. He spoke pleasantly to Jehoiachin and gave him preferential treatment over all the other exiled kings in Babylon.
  3. He supplied Jehoiachin with new clothes to replace his prison garb and allowed him to dine at the king's table for the rest of his life.
  4. The Babylonian king also gave him a regular allowance to cover his living expenses until the day of his death.
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