Ecclesiastes 6:8

American Standard Version (1901)

For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? [or] what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

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  • Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
  • Ps 101:2 : 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
  • Ps 116:9 : 9 I will walk before Jehovah In the land of the living.
  • Prov 19:1 : 1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
  • Eccl 2:14-16 : 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all. 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity. 16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
  • Eccl 5:11 : 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

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  • Eccl 2:11-16
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    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

    12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been done long ago.

    13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

    15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

    16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

  • Eccl 6:9-12
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    9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

    10Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.

    11Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

    12For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 6:5-7
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    5moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:

    6yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Eccl 2:19
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    19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

  • Eccl 9:16
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    16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

  • Eccl 2:21-22
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    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

  • Eccl 2:25-26
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    25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

    26For to the man that pleaseth him [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 10:14-15
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    14A fool also multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

    15The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes), [

    17then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Ps 49:10
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    10For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.

  • Eccl 7:4
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    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

  • Eccl 1:17
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    17And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

  • Eccl 6:1-2
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    1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

    2a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] the folly of fools is [only] folly.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.

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    3yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 7:6
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    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 4:8
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    8There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [saith he], do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

  • Prov 26:12
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    12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?

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    1Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

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    7for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?