Verse 8

For what hath the wise more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke with fooles before the lyuyng?

Referenced Verses

• Gen 17:1 : 1 When Abram was ninetie yere olde and nine, the Lorde appeared to hym, and sayde vnto hym: I am the almightie God, walke before me, and be thou perfect.
• Ps 101:2 : 2 I wyll endeuour my selfe to be fully instructed in the way of perfectnesse: when thou wylt come vnto me, I wil go vp and downe in the middest of my house in the perfectnesse of my heart.
• Ps 116:9 : 9 I wyll walke before the face of God: in the lande of the lyuyng.
• Prov 19:1 : 1 Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.
• Eccl 2:14-16 : 14 For a wise man hath his eyes in his head, but the foole goeth in darknesse: I perceaued also that they both had one ende. 15 Then thought I in my mynde, yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what needeth me then to labour any more for wisdome? So I confessed within my heart that this also was but vanitie. 16 For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.
• Eccl 5:11 : 11 Wheras much riches is, there are many also that spende them away: And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauyng that he may loke vpon them with his eyes?
• Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both ryghteous before God, and walked in all the lawes and ordinaunces of the Lorde, that no man coulde fynde fault with them.
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them which are riche in this world, that they be not hie minded, nor trust in vncertayne riches: but in ye lyuyng God, which geueth vs aboundauntly all thinges to enioy: