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**Ecclesiastes 4:13** — *"Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning."*
Solomon watched kings harden. Not overnight — but slowly, through years of unchallenged power, until the voice of counsel became an irritant rather than a gift.
The danger here isn't age. It's the calcified heart that stops receiving correction. Wisdom, Scripture reminds us, is always the posture of the learner — the one who remains teachable before God and neighbor alike.
Proverbs 19:20 echoes this: *"Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise."*
Poverty of status is no shame when paired with a spirit that bends toward truth. A crown, by contrast, means nothing if the one wearing it has stopped listening.
Consider the counsel you may have quietly dismissed this week — and whether pride or wisdom held the door.
Solomon watched kings harden. Not overnight — but slowly, through years of unchallenged power, until the voice of counsel became an irritant rather than a gift.
The danger here isn't age. It's the calcified heart that stops receiving correction. Wisdom, Scripture reminds us, is always the posture of the learner — the one who remains teachable before God and neighbor alike.
Proverbs 19:20 echoes this: *"Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise."*
Poverty of status is no shame when paired with a spirit that bends toward truth. A crown, by contrast, means nothing if the one wearing it has stopped listening.
Consider the counsel you may have quietly dismissed this week — and whether pride or wisdom held the door.
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