Ecclesiastes 6:8

Coverdale Bible (1535)

For what hath the wyse more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore, that he knoweth to walke before the lyuynge?

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  • Gen 17:1 : 1 Now whan Abram was nyentye yeare olde and nyene, the LORDE appeared vnto him, & sayde vnto him: I am the allmightie God, walke before me, & be vncorrupte.
  • Ps 101:2 : 2 O let me haue vnderstondinge in the waye of godlynesse, vntill the tyme that thou come vnto me: & so shal I walke in my house wt an innocent herte.
  • Ps 116:9 : 9 I wil walke before ye LORDE, in the londe of the lyuynge.
  • Prov 19:1 : 1 Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.
  • Eccl 2:14-16 : 14 For a wyse man beareth his eyes aboute in his heade, but the foole goeth in the 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 nedeth me then to laboure eny more for wy?dome? So I confessed within my harte, that this also was but vanite. 16 For the wyse are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolish, and all the dayes for to come shalbe forgotten, yee the wyse man dyeth as well as ye foole.
  • Eccl 5:11 : 11 Where as many riches are, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes?
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both righteous before God, and walked in all the commaundementes and statutes of the LORDE vnreproueably.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge the which are riche in this worlde, that they be not proude, ner trust in the vncertayne riches, but in the lyuynge God (which geueth vs abundauntly all thinges to enioye them:)

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  • Eccl 2:11-16
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    11But whan I considered all the workes yt my handes had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therin: lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of mynde, & nothinge of eny value vnder ye Sonne.

    12Then turned I me to considre wy?dome, erroure and foolishnesse (for what is he amonge men, that might be compared to me ye kynge in soch workes?)

    13and I sawe, that wy?dome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.

    14For a wyse man beareth his eyes aboute in his heade, but the foole goeth in the darknesse. I perceaued also that they both had one ende.

    15Then thought I in my mynde: Yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what nedeth me then to laboure eny more for wy?dome? So I confessed within my harte, that this also was but vanite.

    16For the wyse are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolish, and all the dayes for to come shalbe forgotten, yee the wyse man dyeth as well as ye foole.

  • Eccl 6:9-12
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    9The sight of the eyes is better, then that the soule shulde so departe awaye. Howbeit this is also a vayne thinge and a disquietnesse of mynde.

    10What is more excellent then man? yet can he not in the lawe get the victory of him that is mightier the he:

    11A vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes, but what hath a man els?

    12For who knoweth what is good for man lyuynge, in ye dayes of his vayne life, which is but a shadowe? Or, who wil tell a man, what shal happen after him vnder the Sonne?

  • Eccl 6:5-7
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    5Morouer, he seyth not the Sonne, and knoweth of no rest nether here ner there:

    6Yee though he lyued two thousande yeares, yet hath he no good life. Come not all to one place?

    7All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.

  • Eccl 2:19
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    19for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse ma or a foole? And yet shal he be lorde of all my labours, which I with soch wy?dome haue taken vnder the Sonne. Is not this a vayne thinge?

  • Eccl 9:16
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    16Then sayde I: wy?dome is better then strength. Neuertheles, a symple mans wy?dome is despysed, & his wordes are not herde.

  • Eccl 2:21-22
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    21for so moch as a man shulde weery him self with wy?dome, with vnderstondinge and opportunite, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another, yt neuer swett for them. This is also a vayne thinge and a greate misery.

    22For what getteth a ma of all ye labor & trauayle of his mynde, yt he taketh vnder the Sonne,

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3For what els hath a ma, of all the labor yt he taketh vnder the Sonne?

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Beholde, thou hast made my dayes a spanne longe, and my life is as it were nothinge before the. O how vayne are all men lyuynge?

  • Prov 17:16
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    16What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?

  • Prov 15:21
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    21A foole reioyseth in foolish thinges, but a wyse man loketh well to his owne goinges.

  • Eccl 2:25-26
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    25For who maye eate, drynke, or brynge eny thige to passe without him? And why?

    26he geueth vnto ma, what it pleaseth him: whether it be wy?dome. vnderstondinge, or gladnesse. But vnto the synner he geueth weerynes and sorow, that he maye gather and heape together ye thinge, yt afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto him whom it pleaseth God. This is now a vayne thinge, yee a very disquietnesse and vexacio of mynde.

  • Eccl 10:14-15
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    14A foole is so full of wordes, that a man can not tell what ende he wyll make: who wyl then warne him to make a conclucion?

    15The laboure of ye foolish is greuous vnto the, while they knowe not how to go in to the cite.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I applied my mynde to lerne wy?dome, and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde (and that of soch a fashion, yt I suffred not myne eyes to slepe nether daye ner night)

    17I vnderstode of all ye workes of God, that it is not possible for a man, to attayne vnto ye workes that are done vnder ye Sonne: and though he bestowe his laboure to seke them out, yet can he not reach vnto the: yee though a wyse man wolde vndertake to knowe them, yet might he not fynde them.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.

  • Ps 49:10
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    10For it shal be sene, yt soch wyse me shal dye & perishe together, as well as the ignoraunt and foolish, & leaue their goodes for other.

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8All is but vanite (sayeth the preacher) all is but playne vanite.

  • Eccl 7:4
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    4The herte of ye wyse is in the mournynge house, but the hert of the foolish is in the house of myrth.

  • Eccl 1:17
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    17for there vnto I applyed my mynde: yt I might knowe what were wy?dome & vnderstodinge, what were error & foolishnes. And I perceaued yt this also was but a vexacion of mynde:

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The rich man thynketh him self to be wyse, but the poore that hath vnderstondinge, ca perceaue him wel ynough.

  • Eccl 6:1-2
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    1There is yet a plage vnder ye Sonne, & it is a generall thinge amonge me:

    2when God geueth a man riches, goodes & honoure, so that he wanteth nothinge of all that his herte can desyre: and yet God geueth him not leue to enioye the same, but another man spedeth them. This is a vayne thinge & a miserable plage.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24Riches are an ornament vnto the wyse, but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3A dotinge foole thinketh, yt euery ma doth as foolishly as himself.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6A poore man ledynge a godly life, is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes.

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3yee him that is yet vnborne to be better at ease the they both, because he seith not the miserable workes that are done vnder the Sonne.

  • Eccl 7:6
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    6For the laughinge of fooles is like ye crackynge of thornes vnder a pott. And yt is but a vayne thinge.

  • Eccl 4:8
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    8There is one man, no mo but himself alone, hauynge nether childe ner brother: yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches, (yet doth he not remembre himself, & saye:) For whom do I take soch trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume awaye my lyfe? This is also a vayne and miserable thinge.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wy?dome shyneth in ye face of him yt hath vnderstondinge, but ye eyes of fooles wandre thorow out all lodes.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16This is a miserable plage, yt he shal go awaye euen as he came. What helpeth it him then, yt he hath labored in the wynde?

  • Prov 26:12
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    12Yf thou seyest a man yt is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9What hath a ma els (that doth eny thinge) but weerynesse and laboure?

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16As for the people that haue bene before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable: yet is not their ioye the greater thorow him. This is also a vayne thinge and a vexacion of mynde.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22Wherfore I perceaue, yt there is nothyinge better for a man, then to be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcion. But who wil brynge him to se the thinge, that shal come after him?

  • Eccl 8:1
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    1where as no man hath wy?dome & vnderstodinge, to geue answere there vnto. Wy?dome maketh a mas face to shyne, but malice putteth it out of fauoure.

  • Eccl 8:7
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    7And why? a man knoweth not what is for to come, for who wyll tell him?